There is a cup of coffee, it's real (it will arrive), there is an imaginary, the creme (which will not appear in reality) but the symbolic function of the imaginary is necessary for signification in the real event of ordering/having a coffee. The milk still plays a role in the overall signification of this moment which requires both the real and the imaginary (regardless of whether you substitute milk for creme). He's asked before why these two realms are necessary. That's what this relates to
What in this video was a load of shit? He was making a very interesting point. My guess was that you didn't have the patience to listen, like most people who get bored with ideas.
"What you don't get is part of the identity of what you do get."
"Would you like to come in for coffee + I have no coffee" = sex
People communicate in passive-aggressive subtleties, and being aware that kind of behavior can put you ahead in social situations. This video is part of the process of becoming aware: It puts the thought in your mind, and you can either remember it and use it to get ahead or not.
Yes, he's kind of garbled and long-winded, but he's also brilliant.
"What you don't get is part of the identity of what you do get."
"Would you like to come in for coffee + I have no coffee" = sex
People communicate in passive-aggressive subtleties, and being aware that kind of behavior can put you ahead in social situations. This video is part of the process of becoming aware: It puts the thought in your mind, and you can either remember it and use it to get ahead or not.
Yes, he's kind of garbled and long-winded, but he's also brilliant.
@Npowell01 Hi, just thought I'd give my own understanding of it as well. Hope you don't mind;) I think what he means can become clearer if one also adds someone who orders only coffee. She get's a cup of coffee, where there is no lack in what she's getting. The person who get's coffee without cream, also has a cup of coffee, but part of the identity, or whatever one wants to call it, is that it doesn't have cream in it. In Zizek's example he goes straight for the jugular, and doesn't contrast it
@SinoSene ...with the order of just a cup of coffee, but says that the identity of something changes depending on what is lacking, even though one has a cup of coffee in both cases. I think the reason he doesn't contrast with a person who just orders coffee is that part of the psychoanalytical approach is that there is never a situation where there is no lack. I'm a economist and we learn there's no such thing as a free lunch. Perhaps he's saying there's no such thing as a cup of coffee;)
Oh, I get it ... It's a coffee anecdote ... I get coffee anecdotes ...
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There is a cup of coffee, it's real (it will arrive), there is an imaginary, the creme (which will not appear in reality) but the symbolic function of the imaginary is necessary for signification in the real event of ordering/having a coffee. The milk still plays a role in the overall signification of this moment which requires both the real and the imaginary (regardless of whether you substitute milk for creme). He's asked before why these two realms are necessary. That's what this relates to
TheMm3tz 1 month ago
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TheMm3tz 1 month ago
What babble is he on about? Derp.
Esoparagon 2 months ago
I had my hopes up. I thought he was going to talk about coffee.
mmarkgilligan 3 months ago
@mmarkgilligan
SO WAS I ;D
shurednichso 1 month ago
So he's basically explaining the function of what linguists call 'speech acts'. What a load of bunk Zizek is.
homoeroticfood 3 months ago
thinking outside the box? well he blew it up just like he will blow your mind. in the end, there is no box, but our self imposed ideology.
kyoko703 3 months ago
I shall be back for more of Slavoj Žižek's talk. Thank you for uploading.
LsBaba 3 months ago
zizeks so fucking strung out it's a joke.
ugoodHomeBoy 4 months ago
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What a load of shit.
festyosemtex 7 months ago
@festyosemtex he grows on you
princeofexcess 7 months ago 23
@festyosemtex
How?
What in this video was a load of shit? He was making a very interesting point. My guess was that you didn't have the patience to listen, like most people who get bored with ideas.
Npowell01 5 months ago
@Npowell01 What was his point?
festyosemtex 5 months ago
@festyosemtex
"What you don't get is part of the identity of what you do get."
"Would you like to come in for coffee + I have no coffee" = sex
People communicate in passive-aggressive subtleties, and being aware that kind of behavior can put you ahead in social situations. This video is part of the process of becoming aware: It puts the thought in your mind, and you can either remember it and use it to get ahead or not.
Yes, he's kind of garbled and long-winded, but he's also brilliant.
Npowell01 5 months ago
@festyosemtex
"What you don't get is part of the identity of what you do get."
"Would you like to come in for coffee + I have no coffee" = sex
People communicate in passive-aggressive subtleties, and being aware that kind of behavior can put you ahead in social situations. This video is part of the process of becoming aware: It puts the thought in your mind, and you can either remember it and use it to get ahead or not.
Yes, he's kind of garbled and long-winded, but he's also brilliant.
Npowell01 5 months ago 14
@Npowell01 Hi, just thought I'd give my own understanding of it as well. Hope you don't mind;) I think what he means can become clearer if one also adds someone who orders only coffee. She get's a cup of coffee, where there is no lack in what she's getting. The person who get's coffee without cream, also has a cup of coffee, but part of the identity, or whatever one wants to call it, is that it doesn't have cream in it. In Zizek's example he goes straight for the jugular, and doesn't contrast it
SinoSene 5 months ago
@SinoSene ...with the order of just a cup of coffee, but says that the identity of something changes depending on what is lacking, even though one has a cup of coffee in both cases. I think the reason he doesn't contrast with a person who just orders coffee is that part of the psychoanalytical approach is that there is never a situation where there is no lack. I'm a economist and we learn there's no such thing as a free lunch. Perhaps he's saying there's no such thing as a cup of coffee;)
SinoSene 5 months ago