Slavoj Žižek on toilets and ideology

From an unknown source. You've probably heard this already in some of Zizek's lectures. German ideology - reflective, philosophical
French - revolutionary, dismissive
Anglo-American - intermediate, passive

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[George Zimmer]

philosophy is the study of one's own shit

[martini1179]

Zizek is arguing that ideology is alive and well in our respective cultures, which manifests itself even in mundane things such as the way a culture designs its toilets.

[prajnasword]

Sometimes a turd, is just a turd.

[zlatop]

he just little redecored story about toilets of erica jong from her book fear of flight,

[khuggf]

This is hilarious.

Is he a stand up comedian ?

The funniest thing is that he takes himself so seriously.

[ParisianColour]

Whoa

[amt253]

Ideology is an action, not a belief. Althusser said it, and Zizek has given it unforgettable examples. Zizek's strength has always consisted in the striking nature of his cases.

[kummando64]

Try to imagine this man searching a job in a freemarket... now you got it. That is why almost all intellectuals hate capitalism, because the only way they will live is by coercive taxation of the people. fuck my english, fuck the toilet... the brazilian toiltes are the most proletarians, hail

[kummando64]

HUAHUHUAHUAHUAHUAAHUHUAAHUAHUA­HUAHUAHU

[EduardoBrasil10000]

I didn't know about German toilets before this video. Europeans, y u so hipster? Why don't you just surrender to the American imperialism, just like we did, in Brazil, and have cool imperialist toilets like us?