Žižek And So On

Disavowal w/ Alenka Zupančič PART ONE

Jun 24, 2024
This podcast features Alenka Zupančič, author of 'Disavowal' with Polity Press. Topics include serial crisis, the Fire Within the Fire, knowledge, belief, deception, and the indispensability of concrete analysis.
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ANECDOTE

Antigone's Timeless Decision

  • Antigone's figure is reactivated differently in contexts due to a blind spot or antagonism it articulates.
  • She embodies the courage to decide what the truth of a situation is, impacting community values.
INSIGHT

Disavowal Neutralizes Knowledge

  • Disavowal means knowing a traumatic truth but acting as if you don't, neutralizing its consequences.
  • Declaring this knowledge protects the status quo, making the knowledge perform a social fetishistic function.
INSIGHT

Conspiracy: Deception and Anxiety

  • Conspiracy theories focus on deception, not facts, reflecting distrust of authority.
  • This raises an existential anxiety about the ontological certainty of being when everything may be deception.
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