
ZIZ008 The Euthanasia of Tolerant Reason (01.05.2006)
Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings
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The Importance of Belief
For me, a belief is a crazy ethical wager. Belief is by definition an engaged belief. Even if I see all the horrors the Nazis are doing, so many bad people, I still believe there is a divine spark in every human being. This is belief, totally counterfactual. You have there very, the least we can see about Nazis, not exactly the best people, very mean people, and nonetheless, you put it. John Brown was a believer. My American hero.
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