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Category Archives: Slavoj Žižek
Sobre el amor
Alain Badiou acaba de publicar la versión inglesa de su libro sobre el amor, según nos reporta Stuart Jeffries en su columna del diario británico The Guardian. En esta obra, Badiou, a quien Jeffries califica como el “filósofo viviente más grande … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Public Opinion, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged Alain Badiou, amor, capitalismo, filosofía, love, procedimiento de verdad, Slavoj Žižek
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Catastroika, The Movie
Aris Chatzistefanou and Katerina Kitidim — the same directors of Deptocracy (2011) — have just released a new documentary that explores the connection between the ongoing Greek crisis and similar crises around the world. They use Namoi Klein’s shock doctrine as their … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Films, Public Opinion, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged capital, Catatroika, Democracy, Naomi Klein, neoliberalism
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On Religious Tolerance in Rhode Island
The question of whether religion has a place in civic life has been a constant source of controversy since the emergence of modern liberal-democratic societies—since it was within them that this very notion of civic or public life first came … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Public Opinion, Religion, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged church and state separation, Foucault, Kant, philosophy, religion
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Margin Call (2011), or a Report on the Banality of Greed
So far, few movies have been as successful as J. C. Chandor’s Margin Call (2011) in portraying the events of the 2008 economic crisis. In fact, the movie achieves something only a few among the best films in history have … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Evil, Films, Philosophy, Politics, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged films, filosofía, financial crisis, greed, Margin Call
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Deseo y cine
Žižek comienza su Guía del pervertido para el cine (2006) con una advertencia: el problema que afrontamos los humanos no es que tengamos deseos — de hecho, desear es una parte muy importante de lo que somos —; el problema real es … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Films, Philosophy, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged culpa, deseo, films, filosofía, Slavoj Žižek
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