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4 days ago · The article focuses on Don DeLillo’s latest novel, The Silence, which is analyzed and interpreted in light of Slavoj Žižek’s writings collected in Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World and Pandemic!2: Chronicles of a Time Lost.
4 days ago · Žižek on pleasure and three types of leftists. I usually think of Slavoj Žižek as a performance-artist-of-philosophy-sometimes-shading-into-clownishness, but he can be perceptive, especially when diagnosing the internal dynamics of his fellow leftists. Here is his taxonomy of left thinkers in terms of where they stand on the issue of enjoyment:
3 days ago · Internationally renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek returns to Seton Hall’s Poetry-in-the-Round speaker series.
19 hours ago · In the World Interior of Capital stands as a testament to Sloterdijk’s masterful synthesis of narrative and philosophy, challenging readers to confront the implications of a world increasingly defined by its interconnectedness and exclusions. It is a timely call to reconsider the grand narratives of our age, forging a new understanding of ...
3 days ago · 449 likes, 10 comments - howthelightgetsinfestival on July 3, 2024: "What is true love? Slavoj Žižek untangles the essence of real, unconditional love, drawing inspiration from his French friend and intellectual counterpart, Alain Badiou. And fret not! If you’d like to hear more discussions like this, you’re in luck—both Žižek and Badiou will be joining us in London this September. Don’t miss your chance to see them live! Check out the full lineup in bio ".
4 days ago · Here’s a quote from I ntroduction: The Critique of Pure Enjoyment, or Jouissance Does Not Exist (by Slavoj Žižek and Adrian Johnston): “On the one hand, such fantasies of impossible jouissance enable individuals to bear the burden of the dissatisfactions stemming from a constitutional discontent by making this less than ideal state of affairs seem contingent rather than necessary .
4 days ago · Ma võitlesin aastaid Julian Assange’iga ja tema vabaduse eest. Kuid kuuldes, et ta on vabaduse tagasi saanud, oli minu esimene mõte, et ta naaseb maailma, mis näeb välja – ja on – palju hullem kui see, mille ta maha jättis. Pandeemiad, sõjad ja laialt levinud ökoloogiline allakäik ...
