http://libcom.org/tags/slavoj-zizek The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://libcom.org/node/21098 Slavoj Žižek Mon, 19 May 2008 18:46:07 +0000 Ed 21098 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/subject-supposed-loot-rape-slavoj-i-ek <p>According to a well-known anecdote, anthropologists studying “primitives” who supposedly held certain superstitious beliefs (that they descend from a fish or from a bird, for example) asked them directly whether they “really” believed such things. They answered: “Of course not—we ‘re not stupid!</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/subject-supposed-loot-rape-slavoj-i-ek">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/subject-supposed-loot-rape-slavoj-i-ek#comments North America Slavoj Žižek USA Hurricane Katrina 29.931135 -90.076904 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:15:27 +0000 Joseph K. 17098 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/jacques-lacans-four-discourses <p>Although Lacan's notion of "university discourse" circulates widely today, it is seldom used in its precise meaning (designating a specific "discourse," social link). As a rule, it functions as a vague notion of some speech being part of the academic interpretive machinery.</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/jacques-lacans-four-discourses">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/jacques-lacans-four-discourses#comments Slavoj Žižek Jacques Lacan psychoanalysis Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:29:26 +0000 aacammy5 12413 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/hegel-chesterton-german-idealism-and-christianity <p>According to a commonplace, Judaism (and Islam) is a "pure" monotheism, while Christianity, with its Trinity, is a compromise with polytheism; Hegel even designates Islam as THE "religion of sublimity" at its purest, as the universalization of the Jewish monotheism:</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/hegel-chesterton-german-idealism-and-christianity">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/hegel-chesterton-german-idealism-and-christianity#comments Slavoj Žižek Chesterton Christianity Hegel philosophy religion Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:50:18 +0000 aacammy5 12411 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/over-the-rainbow-coalition <p>The credentials of those who, even prior to its release, virulently criticize Mel Gibson's Passion seem impeccable: are they not fully justified in their worry that the film, made by a fanatic Catholic traditionalist with occasional anti-Semitic outbursts, may ignite anti-Semitic sentiments?</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/over-the-rainbow-coalition">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/over-the-rainbow-coalition#comments Slavoj Žižek culture multiculturalism Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:56:05 +0000 aacammy5 12410 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/the-obscenity-of-human-rights-violence-as-symptom <p>With regard to Bernard Williams's distinction between Ought and Must, an authentic revolution is by definition performed as a Must - it is not something we "ought to do" as an ideal we are striving for, but something we cannot but to, since we cannot do it otherwise.</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/the-obscenity-of-human-rights-violence-as-symptom">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/the-obscenity-of-human-rights-violence-as-symptom#comments media and culture Slavoj Žižek Jacques Lacan violence Human Rights Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:53:06 +0000 aacammy5 12409 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/multiculturism-or-the-cultural-logic-of-multinational-capitalism-zizek <p><span style="font-style:italic">An interesting game to play whilst reading Zizek is "Cut and Paste Counting", see how if you can spot the joins.</span></p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/multiculturism-or-the-cultural-logic-of-multinational-capitalism-zizek">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/multiculturism-or-the-cultural-logic-of-multinational-capitalism-zizek#comments Slavoj Žižek multiculturalism race Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:03:43 +0000 revol68 11088 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/against-the-double-blackmail-zizek <p>The prize-winner in the contest for the greatest blunder of 1998 was a Latin American patriotic terrorist who sent a letter-bomb to a us consulate in order to protest against the Americans interfering in local politics. As a conscientious citizen, he wrote on the envelope his return address; however, he did not put enough stamps on it, so that the post office returned the letter to him.</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/against-the-double-blackmail-zizek">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/against-the-double-blackmail-zizek#comments Eastern Europe Slavoj Žižek Yugoslavia war Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:47:23 +0000 revol68 11086 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/the-parallax-view-karatani-s-transcritique-on-kant-and-marx-zizek <p><span style="font-weight:bold">SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK: THE PARALLAX VIEW</span></p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/the-parallax-view-karatani-s-transcritique-on-kant-and-marx-zizek">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/the-parallax-view-karatani-s-transcritique-on-kant-and-marx-zizek#comments Slavoj Žižek economics philosophy Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:38:28 +0000 revol68 11085 at http://libcom.org http://libcom.org/library/against-human-rights-zizek <p>SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS</p> <p><a href="http://libcom.org/library/against-human-rights-zizek">read more</a></p> http://libcom.org/library/against-human-rights-zizek#comments Slavoj Žižek Human Rights Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:33:26 +0000 revol68 11084 at http://libcom.org