Slavoj Žižek on "Liberal Fascisms," Sleep, and His Fetish Room in Ljubljana

Slavoj Žižek labels US President a "fascist liberal" in his new book "Liberal Fascisms." The Slovenian philosopher, aged 77, discusses his private life in Ljubljana, including recurring anxiety dreams about bureaucratic complications. In a typical dream, he arranges to meet a friend who is not there; a misunderstanding leads to a wrong address, a taxi ride, and the friend back at the starting point. Forms may need filling out for unclear reasons, and rising fear persists until daybreak. Žižek sleeps increasingly and dreams often. He tries to erase his birthday from the calendar with Stalinist determination, so one should never wish him well on that date. The interview appears in the current issue of Freitag.