Slavoj Žižek

never rebelled against organized religion to the extremity of the fictional teenager; but, I support the idea. As, I assume, Žižek, my main muse, supports the idea. Slavoj Žižek, a Slovenian philosopher and communist, appears in numerous videos, which I watch with the passion of a young radical. Žižek’s leftist politics appeal to some of my own political beliefs. Like me, Žižek condemns the 2003 occupation of Iraq for destroying a secular country which led to the rise of extremist organizations; and

"It is a false assumption of mankind to assume the resilience of outdated practices," said western thinker and philosopher Slavoj Žižek. I agree with Žižek in supporting the statement that it is always necessary to find new solutions to problems. Innovation is paramount to our growth as a civilization, and will perish if not used, which can be exemplified through literature, history, and current world affairs. Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World tells the haunting story of a futuristic society

describes them as disease infested, drug ridden ghettos. These two communities could not be further separated. Unfortunately, it appears as if Margaret Atwood’s dystopia is upon us. In Slavoj Zizek’s Violence, we are reminded of the time period just several years ago right after Hurricane Katrina, when the city of New Orleans

statement in the quote to achieve an ideal in hopes of living in harmony, but prepared to die for it. Shows the commitment he made and the causes he believed in were important principles that he dedicated his life to. In Source 3, the quote from Slavoj Zizek it is analyzing our present problems, but explore the possibilities for change. A key responsibility in our unsettling times, is to ask essential questions. We must reflect and conceive again, and always be prepared to rethink and redefine the

The Transformation of Charity In "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce," psychoanalytic philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek poses the question, "Why in our economy, charity is no longer the idiosyncrasy of some good guys here and there, but the basic constituent of our economy?" in order to expose the problems associated with charity in a cultural capitalist society. Zizek explains the tendency in today’s capitalism to combine our “egotist consumption” with our “anti-consumerist duty to do something

beauty of the female body and the joys of sex. However it is through a closer reading that we see that this poem is in fact not celebrating the woman at all, rather she becomes an object through which the speaker can achieve his desire. By looking at Slavoj Žižek’s essay ‘Courtly Love, or, Woman as

question; is selfishness ultimately immoral, or can it be ethical? In “Examined Life,” philosopher Slavoj Zizek discusses the trait that most human beings possess: being selfish. As the documentary begins, Zizek can be seen scouring a junkyard, disclosing his philosophy on ecology. As stated by Zizek, ecology addresses genuine problems that society is aware of but continues to turn a blind eye. Furthermore, Zizek dives into the misconception that people continue to make about waste and trash; people believe

However, the opposite is what all critics, directors, designers, actors, audience and even characters do. All the action and all the possible interpretations of the action revolve around the hidden truth. It is in a certain sense related to what Slavoj Zizek calls “the enigma of the impenetrable Other’s desire.” (The Plague 8) Neither Claudius nor the audience know for certain that which Hamlet really wants. Hamlet himself does not seem to know. Still, we cannot help believing that he wants something

Reed, John. Ten Days That Shook The World (No location or publisher provided) prior to 1920. In an era littered with propaganda, censorship, and authors overwhelmed by influences on objectivity, Reed provides a western reporter’s personal eyewitness accounts of Russian events. As a non-combatant, non-Russian, and devote socialist, his publications stands alone in this category of historiography. His death in 1920 blocked any opportunity for historians to question his methods or further elucidate

Psychoanalysis and The Heart of Darkness         In Lacanian psychoanalysis, telling stories is essential to the analysand's (re)cognition of trauma. Julia Kristeva refers to the analysand's narrative as an instance of "'borderline' [neurotic] discourse" which "gives the analyst the impression of something alogical, unstitched, and chaotic" (42). She then explores the pleasure (jouissance) that the analysand experiences in the course of Lacan's talking cure. For the analysand, the pleasure