Famous Slovenes: Žižek

With his only serious competition coming from an overweight alcoholic who floats down rivers, it's fairly safe to say that Slavoj Žižek is by far the most widely-known Slovene living today - which is no small feat given that his chosen profession is philosophy. In recent years he's grown into something of an internationally recognisable cult figure, due perhaps as much to his eccentric appearance (some, namely us, have pointed out that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Falkor the luckdragon from The Neverending Story) and excitable personality as his ontological analysis of the Lacanian Real or widely published musings on contemporary culture.