I agree that cinema tells you how to desire and I like that insight but not every human desire has to be taught. What about eating, sleeping? A baby doesn't need to be taught those things.
They are more like needs, their in no personalisation in wanting food or sleep, it's just a body mechanism. How and how much food and sleep can be taught, just look at all the cultural and economic manipulation that goes in making people eat western foods and western drinks.
I agree that cinema tells you how to desire and I like that insight but not every human desire has to be taught. What about eating, sleeping? A baby doesn't need to be taught those things.
boy6221 3 years ago 3
They are more like needs, their in no personalisation in wanting food or sleep, it's just a body mechanism. How and how much food and sleep can be taught, just look at all the cultural and economic manipulation that goes in making people eat western foods and western drinks.
DerBlitzStag 2 years ago 10
i'm too stupid to untangle the phrase
the cinema doesn't give you what you desire but tells you how to desire.
stillben 3 years ago
Do you ever get that feeling that you've heard that said before, sometime inbetween waking and sleep? If your listening...
illeatu2 4 years ago
This video is a lot better than the first. Actually I agree with this Zizek. Good insight.
HyperNathan 4 years ago
This is fantastic, professor. Jordi (Los Angeles, CA)
jordiortegatv 4 years ago