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Slavoj Zizek

Slavoj Zizek

born 1949

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1968 (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a revolt, but merely a shift to new forms of domination in which a scientific discourse legitimizes the relations of domination. As lacan said, 'as hysterics, you demand a new master. You will get it.

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911 (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a rude awakening out of utopia and back into history. 9/11. It signalled the end of the end of history.

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The Abnormal (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a marginal malfunctioning but an effect of the very structure of the system, which is essentially 'corrupt'.

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The Act (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠bound by a paradox. On the one hand, it is necessary to act prematurely, without objective justification. On the other hand, a simple acting-out or passage a l'acte merely reproduces the ideological coordinates in which it takes place.

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An Act (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not simply works well within the framework of the existing relations, but changes the very framework that determines how things work.

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An Act (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠paradoxically determined only afterwards on the proverbial 'morning after'. Only then does it become clear what was merely a libertarian pathetic outburst and what was a true revolutionary upheaval.

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Administration (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠neutral, but neutrality based on power-relations that sustain the 'neutral' functioning.

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Alienation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a necessity as the very condition of the symbolic order.

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The America (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠despite what American's think, not an ideal. Other nations are not just proto-Americans waiting to be delivered from their bad nationalist spell.

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Amor fati (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the act of freely assuming what is otherwise necessary. It is the activity of submitting oneself to the inevitable.

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Anamorphosis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠distortion such that a gaze is inscribed into its objective features.

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Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just saying that Jews are dirty, exploiting, manipulative, etc., but that they are all these things because they are Jews. As such, anti-semitism is a form which involves a tautology that maligns the very essence.