[thanatos-girl]

“The proper answer to anti-Semitism is […] not ‘Jews are really not like that’ but 'the anti-Semitic idea of the Jew has nothing to do with Jews; the ideological figure of a Jew is a way to stitch up the inconsistency of our own ideological system.’”

— Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology

[dreamyjeanie]

Every violent acting out is a sign that there is something you are not able to put into words. — Slavoj Zizek

[thanatos-girl]

“The proper answer to anti-Semitism is […] not ‘Jews are really not like that’ but 'the anti-Semitic idea of the Jew has nothing to do with Jews; the ideological figure of a Jew is a way to stitch up the inconsistency of our own ideological system.’”

— Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology

[andyvantino]

“A true left doesn’t copy populism’s game of manipulating the worst fears, says Zizek. https://t.co/gS6zRsNRli”

— http://twitter.com/AndreVantino/status/1283673395230576640

[slavojquotes]

To say that the structure of capitalism is hysterical is just to say that this failure of identification is built into it, as was first perceived by Max Weber in his study of the ‘Protestant ethic’ .

[slavojquotes]

APA proclaimed “traditional masculinity” as toxic:... “Traits of so-called ‘traditional masculinity,’ like... masking distress, ... have been linked to... aggression....” ... What makes this statement really dangerous is the mixture of ideology and ostensibly neutral expertise

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1222180916975624192

[slavojquotes]

One joke made in bad taste can ruin your career but ruthless careerism is considered normal. A new universe of subtle corruption is thus emerging, in which career opportunism and the lowest denouncing of colleagues presents itself as high moralism."

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1222180075891761152

[slavojquotes]

Schopenhauer is at the origins of the rationalist philosophy of life... Schopenhaeurian drive is life drive, while the Freudian drive is death drive. And in the opposition between life and death, I'm for death. That's why I love Von Trier's Melancholia. https://t.co/CFziKlLlcd

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1221549156520677376

[slavojquotes]

"the Left does little else than scold & insult”, the Left does what is worse still: it patronizingly “understands” the confusion & blindness of the poor… This... arrogance explodes...in...shows (John Oliver…) which... enact the... arrogance of the liberal intellectual elite

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1219227746502619139

[slavojquotes]

The subliminal message of Trump’s vulgarities to ordinary people was: »I am one of you!«, while Trump supporters felt constantly humiliated by the liberal elite’s patronizing attitude towards them. As Zupančič put it..., “the extremely poor do the fighting for the extremely rich"

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1219226919729876993

[slavojquotes]

we as a rule identify with the other’s weaknesses, not only or even not principally with the strengths. Which means that the more Trump’s limitations were mocked the more ordinary people identified with him & perceived attacks on him as condescending attacks on themselves

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1219226737223127040

[slavojquotes]

we do not need a dialogue between religions (or civilizations); we need solidarity between those who struggle for justice in Muslim countries & those who participate in the same struggle elsewhere. We need a politicization that strengthens the struggle here, there, and everywhere

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1218910765727567872

[slavojquotes]

In Eyes Wide Shut, "Nicole Kidmen tells Tom Cruise...about fantasising about cheating him with some naval officer they met... His desperate attempt to catch up with her fantasy" by cheating on her ends in a failure

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1210138158853246976

[slavojquotes]

I fully support the struggle of transgender people against their legal segregation. [Their] message is radically universal: it concerns us all; it tells the truth about all of us as sexual beings. I see the anxiety apropos sexual identities as universal feature of human sexuality

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1209235788359229440

[slavojquotes]

The Labour Party’s election failure in the UK proves that, for the progressive left to succeed, it will have to become considerably more revolutionary. The ‘softly, softly’ approach isn’t working

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1209147300280446976

[slavojquotes]

anti-Semitism as a displaced anti-capitalism (instead of blaming the capitalist system, the rage is focused on a specific ethnic group accused of corrupting the system)

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1208882994490085381

[slavojquotes]

That was the miracle of Corbyn. There what not even a trace of bad populism in Corbyn. Manipulating the worst fears and so on. Corbyn didn't accept this game. It is todays modern left which truly stands for moral authority. https://t.co/fQUzKtGUxW

http://twitter.com/extimacy/status/1191512480268328960