In his forthcoming book Living in the End Times, due to be published by Verso in 2010, Žižek continues his analysis of the end of the world at the hands of the ‘four riders of the apocalypse’ identified in his latest book First as Tragedy, Then as Farce. He asks, if the end of capitalism seems to many like the end of the world, how is it possible for Western society to face up to living through the end times?

This sevent has been recorded and is now available as a podcast at the following URL:

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/11/slavoj-zizek-apocalyptic-times/