Zizek poses several relevant questions about the impact of advanced technology on human identity: How far can technology go in altering our perception of who we are? Who is in control of the influences which have so great an impact on our sense of self? At a time when technology holds the potential to erase a subject’s memory, Zizek urges us to reflect on our growing vulnerability to this new and deeply penetrating ideological force.Click below to listen to the entire podcast:
Slavoj Zizek is a philosopher and cultural critic who is internationally known for his use of the work of the french psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to decode and deconstruct the decadent practices and messages of contemporary politics and popular culture. Zizek is both reviled and admired as a true 'manic excessive' among intellectuals of all interests.
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I was lucky enough to see this talk. It was quite something. Zizek looked completely out of his skin, with frantic gestures and an ever increasing layer of sweat billowing around every phrase he lisped. It was an out of body experience, for him, for the audience. Quite something.
That's ultra-cool. I don't agree with a lot of what Zikek says/writes, but he does stimulate thought.
I always wonder how much cocaine he absorbs on a regular basis..?
Not that I judge.
PS- i dig your website, blogging and your fantastic essays. i hope we'll get a change to get into it on various topics in the future...
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