tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post5490633621719440959..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Žižek: cheat notesbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78740349960272215252012-06-21T06:11:37.073+01:002012-06-21T06:11:37.073+01:00Hi Anon. Yes, you're right and that's an i...Hi Anon. Yes, you're right and that's an important point to make. I guess I was being cheeky with my final question, since many thinkers are accused of being communist on a very flimsy basis and with the accuser generally having little idea of what communism is, but here finally is a thinker willing to own the term (at least "in a qualified sense").byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-38384565483979855082012-06-21T06:03:12.254+01:002012-06-21T06:03:12.254+01:00Great conversation, glad I stumbled upon this.
...Great conversation, glad I stumbled upon this. <br /><br />Zizek doesn't offer any solution in the sense of an alternative blueprint for arranging society. This is largely a result of his Marxist roots. Marx's writings focus squarely on capitalism; he never ventures offer a vision of an actually existing communist society. Communism, for Marx is the historically necessitated outcome ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-74632624212268330782011-03-24T00:16:05.138+00:002011-03-24T00:16:05.138+00:00I mentioned Žižek's critique of ethical consum...I mentioned Žižek's critique of ethical consumerism in that post in order to remind us that such spending will not save us from ourselves. I also pointed out that, unlike many of our purchases, electricity bills are not a discretionary purchase, meaning that everyone must select some kind of provider (unless you generate your own, or somehow manage to do without). So I'm not sure byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-54483796601810580272011-03-23T22:45:15.449+00:002011-03-23T22:45:15.449+00:00Loved the animation.
How does this intersect with...Loved the animation.<br /><br />How does this intersect with your advert for Good Energy two posts later?jessica smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387186546476608523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-55169596058041407882011-03-22T16:48:05.919+00:002011-03-22T16:48:05.919+00:00"yes but he doesn't discuss it in this vi..."yes but he doesn't discuss it in this video". I got the hint but where <i>does</i> he discuss it?<br /><br />he refers to the "zero-point" again <a href="http://deterritorialsupportgroup.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/zizekgaga-communism-knows-no-monster/" rel="nofollow">here</a> - where he seems to be aligning with old marxisty style strikes. <br /><br />*confused*<br />Chris Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277300338582244889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-44666155559525862662011-03-21T12:33:17.226+00:002011-03-21T12:33:17.226+00:00his idea of a solution doesn't seem remotely d...<i>his idea of a solution doesn't seem remotely doable</i><br />That's part of his point. That our imaginations have been so colonised by the present way of doing things that alternatives are simply unimaginable.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-21612286068331303422011-03-21T11:58:25.579+00:002011-03-21T11:58:25.579+00:00I've seen the Zizek to which you are referring...I've seen the Zizek to which you are referring, I think, and while I certainly had to sit up and pay attention, I was quite able to follow it even though I don't have any background in economics whatsoever. He's compelling, but ... his idea of a solution doesn't seem remotely doable. And yet pushing for that, we reframe the conversation in such a way that we shift it toward where Benjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-14542316047789635612011-03-21T11:41:30.374+00:002011-03-21T11:41:30.374+00:00Also note that he says, "I am unequivocal her...Also note that he says, "I am unequivocal here. Twentieth century communist experience was a mega, mega ethical, economic political catastrophe."byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com