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Embracing Alienation w/ Todd McGowan

Žižek And So On

Embrace Alienation to Break Free from Ideology

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Without fundamental alienation, individuals remain trapped within their ideological confines. Alienation serves as a necessary precursor to political acts of emancipation, akin to the concept of the death drive. While the death drive is deeply ingrained and operates unconsciously, making it difficult to direct effectively, alienation is more manageable and can be engaged with consciously. This distinction highlights the potential for alienation to be viewed as a product that can be addressed, allowing individuals to confront and overcome the constraints of ideology.

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