Slavoj Žižek - Maybe We Just Need a Different Chicken ...

[bluebettle]

24:00 . Zizek's kind of like a janitor sweeping up after the humor parading the street in front of him. We'd noticing something queer about life (Kim Jong Il reportedly getting 19 instead of 18) and in the populist will find something queer about it, and so make a joke like the one Zizek made. Then Zizek comes in and really points out what is queer about this and what role it plays in our universe.

[mtext]

Every Zizek Essay

1.Remember this Looney Tunes bit?

2.It's like this obscure event from revolutionary history, isn't it?

3.It's due to this thing out of Freud (Lacan)

4.But not the stupid, obvious interpretation, which stupid left-wing activists believe because they are stupid children.

5.Same thing's at work in this current event everyone's talking about

6.Surprisingly, the most revolutionary position re:this current event is basically the mainstream liberal position

7.This is due to dialectics

[urbanbehive8]

and Emir kusturica's films are great, you better show them to your children than kung fu panda (!)

[urbanbehive8]

Slavoj, why do you make your child having to watch Kung Fu Panda 4 or 5 times if is just a propagandistic film of the evil ideology of our times? how many flights do you take a year? how much do you get paid for your lectures? you were supported by your parents until you were supported by the state, have you ever done any physical work or had to work for money to pay your bills or food? you are not a marxist, you are a jester paid by capitalism, very well educated and academic humour

[petersoup]

@urbanbehive8 maybe... but attacks to the man come awfully cheap, do you have anything to say about his ideas?

[urbanbehive8]

@petersoup i completely agree with most of his ideas, and anyway if i didn't agree i wouldn't be able to debate him as he knows a lot more than me, has studied more and have a lot more knowledge to express himself in a few languages about many things, i just like to do some remarks which are important to have into consideration too, this man is a theoriser, fair enough, that is good, well i like the ones that also try their theories and are consequent with the way they think

[urbanbehive8]

in the process of trying to live as you think you are going to get hurt, you are going to waste your time, your are going to doubt and hopefully you are going to learn and live, this man is had it easy and when was the last time he gave a talk for free? is very easy tell others what is right and wrong and question the establishment while you live of it, i want mean who teach with actions too, not just with words

[Eclipse274]

Sos un grande! Que buen video

[Theknopf]

Very entertaining Thank You. I too was born in 1949-Austria, His ideas are very much my own,

Thinking is a learnt discipline, ONE earns his way forward.

[yourmaker74]

I can't wait to play that drinking game. thats actually hilarious.

[Citan1981]

Slavoj Žižek drinking game time!

Put any conference and watch it with your friends

- Whenever he says "and so on", drink

- When he touches his nose an inhales, drink

- When he tugs his shirt, drink

Enjoy!

[parkbudi]

@Citan1981 whenever we read your comment, drink

[HardHouseMusic4Me]

@Citan1981 Thanks, I just destroyed my liver.

[JUGAopet1]

@Citan1981 niiice, between boozzze you can learn some thing from him

[dingdingdingdiiiiing]

@Citan1981 now now, you don't want people to go comatose in 10 minutes, do you? only one line per game guys!

[RichardSilverspoon]

@Citan1981 Listen, Citan, get a life (besides drinking your brains out) and read a few philosophers! You may enjoy a tiny bit of dr. Zizek's ideas.

[Citan1981]

@RichardSilverspoon Mate, first of all, I'm a teetotaler. Second of all, I'm a big admirer of Dr. Zizek, I think he's one of the great minds of our time and deserves more recognition.

[elsurexiste]

@Citan1981 Either drink highly diluted beer, or die from alcohol poisoning.

[southsydney]

very interesting, thank you.

i think Thomas Carlyle sums up his speech well by saying "A man has 2 reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."