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- Slavoj Zizek against Bernard-Henri Levy
There are a number of important moments, in particular look for the charity as a consumption practice or the violence of charity, the problem of zionist anti-semitism, the persistence of systemic violence in West Bank, the neccessity of communism in the advent of “new” commons, palin a as fascist, Hitler as a new age philosopher [...]
- Müzik, ruhun gıdası (Music, food for the soul)
‘Traversal of fantasy’ is one of the more elusive concepts of Lacanian psychoanalysis. As with the Escher-like diagrams of the Real (e.g. Mobius strip), it requires the mediation of representation to be made somewhat palpable (then again, what concept doesn’t?). Thanks to Lynch’s Lost Highway (and Zizek’s splendid interpretation of it in ‘The Art of [...]
- A leader without a body?
The following is a quote from Ernesto Laclau’s The Populist Reason (Verso, 2005: 60-1), but, as he explains, he himself is quoting in extenso from Sigmund Freud. I think it is important to read this passage in relation to “A commune with a leader?” and “No commune without a leader?” postings. [It is even possible [...]