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ZIZ187 Ideology as Augmented Reality (15.05.2017)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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Why Is There No Pleasure Without Guilt?

This year marks 150 years of the publication of capital, 100 years of October evolution and don't forget, 50 years in 67 of the key event of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In Mexico a man was cleared for sexual assault on a young school girl but his defense was that while he was doing it, he did not enjoy himself. The only way to explain this is to presuppose the underlying premise, experiencing pleasure as such makes are guilty, so that without pleasure there is no guilt," says Frida Ghitis.

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