Exploring the Significance of Voice in Film and Philosophy

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This chapter delves into the portrayal of GZEC as a playwright and explores the importance of voice in cinema, referencing famous examples like Chaplin's speech in 'The Great Dictator'. It transitions to an introduction of the guest, Mladen Dolar, discussing their perspective on the concept of voice in relation to meaning and aesthetics. The conversation then delves into the philosophical notions of voice as a critical, political, and ethical object, contrasting historical views and modern technological advancements.

This week, we present the third episode in our series of interviews with the Troika — after Slavoj Žižek, and Alenka Zupančič . We’re speaking with Mladen Dolar, Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, at the University of Ljubljana.

Dolar is the co-founder of what has become known as ‘the Ljubljana School’. His principal areas of research are psychoanalysis, modern French philosophy, German Idealism, and art theory. He has lectured extensively at universities in the US and across Europe, and he is the author of over a hundred papers in scholarly journals and volume collections. Apart from ten books in Slovene, his book publications include most notably A Voice and Nothing More and Opera’s Second Death.

We’re talking the voice, May 68, the early days in Ljubljana, Lacan, rumours and gossip, what’s in a name, and the decline of paternal authority.

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Thanks Mladen!