Stefandav - Revolution of the Mind: Revolution of the Mind (Adults Only)
There has been a n "interesting" development.. can no longer access my site because of censorship. "Revolution of the Mind".. Alain Badiou that the next phase of fidelity to the communist hypothesis.. "it will involve a new...

Valentic
I would argue that, in order to philosophically analyze that problem we haveto assume completely opposite approach, i.e. to start to think about violence in terms of itssymbolic and systemic character instead of focusing on clearly visible acts. In...

Hsu
Slavoj Žižek, who is one of my professors at the European Graduate School, at 59 years ofage, is in every sense of the word, a force, tirelessly questioning, unsettling and overturningeverything, including himself. I typically do not prefer...

Kellogg
The fact that a theorist of Žižek’s prominence takes Lenin seriously is important initself. The writings of Lenin which Žižek introduces to a new generation are remarkable.. His courage to stand against both the prevailing postmodernism and...

Farran
Alain Badiou’s philosophy.. main concepts that this author formulates (event, intervention, subject, truth) and their multiple articulations.. accounts and debates.. other authors, of these concepts: Žižek, Laclau, Milner.. special emphasis on the...

Zizek: Through the Glasses Darkly -- In These Times
An excerpt from an article that appeared today. The first part of the article relies on the trope of the glasses that let people see what's really going on from the John Carpenter film, They Live!. After discussing McCain and Palin, Zizek turns to...

Stefandav: Lenin and the October 2008 Bailout (3)
I am continuing on this topic, but I think the last time under this title. The second entry, Lenin and the October 2008 Bailout (2), began with reference to the first entry, Lenin and the October 2008 Bailout and the three main elements of that entry....

Repeating Lenin by Slavoj Zizek
“Fidelity to the democratic consensus” means the acceptance of the present liberal-parliamentary consensus, which precludes any serious questioning of how this liberal-democratic order is complicit in the phenomena it officially condemns, and, of...

THE LENINIST FREEDOM by Slavoj Zizek
Lenin’s dismissive attitude towards.. “liberal” notion of freedom.. bad reputation among liberals.. their rejection of the standard Marxist-Leninist opposition of “formal” and “actual” freedom.. in its very notion.. that “actual...

LRB · Slavoj Žižek: Don’t Just Do Something, Talk
.. we devote our intelligence to anticipating what average opinion expects.. average opinion to be.. We are forced to make choices without having the knowledge enabl[ing] us to make them.. We are forced to live as if we were free.. we live in a society...

Stefandav: Lenin and the October 2008 Bailout (2)
The first entry, Lenin and the October 2008 Bailout, included the following main elements: (1) this bailout could be an apex of capitalistic history, (2) we are experiencing the result of that highest stage of capitalism, "imperialism", as...

Living in China - Rediscovering Mao
Living in China, one soon understands there is a significant net-war going on to control the information available on activist activity in China - proxy servers are a must. The best information resouces I have found are China Study Group , and a sister...