
ZIZ011 Fear Thy Neighbor as Thyself (26.11.2007)
Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings
The Role of Voice in Perception
Iranian revolution when the surprised journalist asked him about the death penalties publicized in the very Iranian media Khomeini calmly replied those that we killed were not men but criminal dogs I think this logic is somehow implied by every ethical universalism so what then does ethical universality exclude which dimension there is a wonderful passage in Marcel Proosts or research in search of the lost time in which Marcel the figure in the novel uses phone for the first time speaking to his grandmother her voice hurt alone apart from her body surprised surprises Marcel. This experience then colors his entire perception of the grandmother when later he visits her in person she perceives her in a new way as a strange met old woman drowsing over