Slavoj Zizek on The Children of Men

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to center this piece on three main pillars, the notion that I find common for both Zizek and “Children of Men”- Crisis, Infertility and New Beginning.

Both Zizek and the movie undoubtedly observe and describe the very same social phenomenon, deriving, however, from completely different points of view. This phenomenon is, therefore, reflected through their own and very different prisms - in the imagination of P.D. James it takes the form of a splendid dystopian novel whereas for the Slovenian psychoanalytic and leftist philosopher it holds mainly a political message ”packed” as psychoanalytical diagnosis of our society. Precisely here lies the main difference between the two. In his commentary on the movie Zizek synonymous attach his admirations to the lack of any “political, moralistic parable”(Slavoj Zizek, Youtube Video, 2007) in the movie, something he couldn’t possibly claim for himself. In support of the latter, the Crisis in Zizek’s works has inevitably financial and ...

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the viewer is aware of the inevitable end of this society even before its main problem is mentioned in the movie.

These are just some of the reason why Zizek draws our attention to the background of the movie. For the picture of the society that the background in the movie draws corresponds to Zizek’s “ post-political Europe of accommodation to the world market” (A Permanent Economic emergency, p.86, 2010). And indeed, the British from the novel have lost all interest in the politics and their main concern is instead the maintenance of a self-sustained economy through a constant influx of immigrants. We can easily recognize the picture of the rotten western world from Zizek’s ...

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