Slavoj Zizek @ European Angst: Conference on Populism, Extremism and Euroscepticism in Contemporary European Societies (6 - 7 december 2016)

The excerpt features the fourth panel of the second day, titled: "Facing the challenge: An approach towards productive methods and narratives to face extremism and the disintegration of Europe". Next to Žižek, the discussants are Elif Shafak and Martin Ehl, and a students from the Goethe Institute.



Slazloj behind–the–scenes:




The entire conference can be viewed here:





First panel of the day, 2nd Conversation of the conference:
"Scapegoating: Why racism could gain so much ground and how it feels to be a migrant in contemporary Europe" - 31:40

with Paul Scheffer, Firas Alshater (aka Zukar) and Isolde Charim, as well as 10 students.

3rd conversation:
"Words, words, words. How conspiracy theories, polarised talk show rhetorics and social media activities distort our perception of reality - and how reputable media could react." - 2:22:30

with Sonia Seymour Mikich, Lukasz Warzecha and Beppe Severgnini as well as 10 students.

4th conversation:
"Facing the challenge: An approach towards productive methods and narratives to face extremism and the disintegration of Europe." - 4:39:25

with Slavoj Žižek, Elif Shafak and Martin Ehl as well as 10 students.

Conference summary by Sascha Lehnartz and presentation of the manifesto by the students. - 6:38:00