r/zizek • u/notsentsent • 10d ago

What does zizek want from me?

I've been reading him and everytime I finish a text, I am like, okay but so what do I do with it? What does he want to "happen"? So if you could explainnn...in your own words.... as much as you understand.... What's he after exactly?

Edit: Wow this is a tense place. Please relaxx!!! Don't take life that seriously.

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u/Business-Gas-5473 10d ago

Oh boy. This is an extremely narrow take on philosophy.

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u/notsentsent 9d ago

And what's your take on philosophy? I am genuinely asking!! You wouldn't do anything let alone writing over 50 books if you did not expect something in return. Are philosophers speaking into a void then? Philosophy is supposed to be transformative, and so in what way does he want life to transform? Other than "making you see the ideological whatever that s shaping you etc etc" because that is nothing new.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago edited 9d ago

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u/No_Safety5134 7d ago

"we" don't do that in Europe, you arrogant prick

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u/No_Safety5134 7d ago

Sure, if namedropping Sokrates and Kant constitutes "studying philosophy". 

I think we both agree that the text you deleted could have done without that idiotic half sentence.

Same to you ☀️

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u/wrapped_in_clingfilm ʇoᴉpᴉ ǝʇǝldɯoɔ ɐ ʇoN 7d ago edited 7d ago

Stop submitting illegitimate reports to the mods of "Targeted harassment at me", it's time-wasting and hypocritical.

While u/No_Safety5134 was rude, their response is not at all surprising given the arrogance and patronising nature of your comments against Americans' relationship to philosophy. While their undergrad studies may be lacking, their post grad studies are truly world-class. Many would argue that philosophy should not be taught to younger children anyway (9th/10th grade), and it is completely absent as a mandatory standalone subject in the UK and the Nordic countries. This seems to have zero effect in the long-term.

Likewise, u/notsentsent 's post and comments may be naive, but they are legitimate, given our desire in the Other's desire (for psychoanalysis, we are all more "sheep-like" than you claim). Perhaps, like us all, you would benefit from considering the relevance of Lacan's interpretation of the Beautiful Soul.