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ZIZ294 Why Do We Enjoy Feeling Ashamed (01.11.2022)

Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings

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The Power of Shame

The excess, which causes shame, is profoundly linked to some kind of surplus enjoyment. I feel shame when doing something that I secretly enjoy, like the same tasteless example emitting flatulence. Plus, in this reflexive turn is crucial, I enjoy this shame itself. In some of his acts, but not all of them, Trump, Donald Trump, acts without shame. The liberal leftist feel shame for him. And what about today's woke left? I think father is right to point out that we often have shame instead of argumentation,. Instead of rebellious, enlightening left, ready to debate every question with its enemy since it feels assured about its better arguments. Now, fasting till the

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