
ZIZ003 Markets without Substance (2003)
Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings
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The Zero-Level Discourse in a Poem
"For logon, the most elementary gap of meaning is always in best," he says. "I will approach full of hope with this idiotic, naivety and ask you, how did you like my talk?" He adds that for a poem there are three possible ways to react to an act or discourse. The first gesture presents you, represents you, there is a remainder, so we can see what happens when things don't quite work out as planned.
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