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ZIZ218 Cambridge Union (10.11.2018)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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Universalism Is Farse They Secretly Privilege Certain Way of Life

The liberal left's universalism is farse they secretly privilege certain way of life. This self humiliation, renouncing your particular identity obviously produced what jacques lacan calls a plu de suer - surplus enjoyment. The fact that they renounce particular identity gives them the position of universality from which they are allowed to judge others. And the more you approach the west, the more problematic this becomes.

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