Slavoj Zizek at OWS Part1

[cal04]

Run time: 09:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9BWlcRwPQ   Posted on YouTube: October 09, 2011 By YouTube Member: visitordesign Views on YouTube: 22336   Posted on DU: October 10, 2011 By DU Member: cal04 Views on DU: 1470

 
slavoj zizek speaks at the OWS open forum. 10/9/11 part 1 of 2

[Ichingcarpenter]

1. I posted about him in editorial DU

He told, for instance, an old Eastern Bloc joke (borrowed from the introduction to 2002′s Welcome to the Desert of the Real) about a dissident who’s about to be sent to a work camp in Siberia. Since he knows his letters will be censored, he tells his friends he’ll write to them using a simple code: Blue ink for the truth, red ink for lies. His first letter arrives, and it’s a glowing report of life in the camp—a lovely apartment, great food, beautiful women. Then he concludes, “The only thing we can’t get is red ink.”

Occupy Wall Street, he explained told the crowd, is pointing out the lies that underlie American capitalist society. “You’re the red ink,” he said.


There's more information about him here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x631227


Thanks for the video.

[cal04]

2. thank you Ichingcarpenter

for the link and the information
:hi:

[stockholmer]

3. +1000 Slavoj Žižek is a brilliant scholar, can't recommend him highly enough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g

In this short RSA Animate, renowned philosopher Slavoj Žižek investigates the surprising ethical implications of charitable giving.

[Karenina]

4. Thanks for that link!

I LOVE SLAVOJ! :loveya: