Slavoj Zizek — Is gender a social construct?

Slavoj Zizek discusses the idea that gender and sexual identities (transgender specifically) are socially constructed, as posited by postmodern thinkers like Judith Butler. Counteracting the claim, Zizek argues not only that historicism and essentialism must not necessarily contradict each other, but that the two views can actually be reconciled.

Видео Slavoj Zizek — Is gender a social construct? канала The Radical Revolution