
ZIZ008 The Euthanasia of Tolerant Reason (01.05.2006)
Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings
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The Paradox of Belief
I think that the lesson that I get from Kierkegaard, from Marx is that the universality and partiality are not mutually exclusive. The paradox for me is that universal truth, which remains universal, is accessible only from an engaged partisan position. For me, authentic belief is never over nervous in patience, because I put it, you have this minimum of trust. Without this, we are lost, we areLost, I claim. Then we fall into this humanitarian trap where we end up like born Bill Gates or what. But I don't see here the link between a super ego and Kantian sublime.
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