He never said we need less science. He meant we could be better scientists if we had more philosophy. I totally agree with him, more perspectives is always a better thing.
I read quite a lot Zizek's essays while studying literature and sociology - the guy is very intelligent and should be integrated in school's curriculum. Quality stuff.
careful there - wouldn’t want some “violent liberal communist” ideology in the schools curriculum unless you’re ready to get taken to court by some floridians
A: What did you do you today? B: I thought I'd read some quantum physics trough Hegel. A: Oh that sounds like fun! Never tried it trough Hegel. You should definitely try reading Joyce backwards, absolutely delightful!
I love this youtube channel because like Slavoj said, keep thinking on how can be done better, how can we change something from bad to good or improve the good. Thank you Slavoj!
Very true, all too often you have folk simply saying "Let's do something!", never defining what that something is. And that defining is only ever reached by thought.
From Hobbes and Schopenhauer, all the way to Heidegger Derrida and Lyotard, I may have spent more time over the years reading writers I don't agree with than writers I do agree with. And I admire the thinking of many of them, even if not their conclusions.
Repeat this phrase "reading quantum physics through Hegel is productive" in the meeting room in any corporation and your career will be limited effectively 😁
i could go on and on about this and rebut points, but that would counterproductive...you have a decent point and i respect your opinion...hope you have a nice day today
“Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.” -Christopher Hitchens
He really made a great point and I got his idea. People who cant understand should eider thy harder, try to improve their thinking or keep quiet and not say its stupid or miningless!
... and so on and so on ... :D - I do agree with him. It is all a matter perspective and how to obtain it, which allows you to examine anything from different angles.
And relating to my previous statement, "You could philosophise from different views", you have showed that we, from different circumstances, had different views of the statement of "philosophy can be compatible with theology". As religions have major differences, people from those religions would certainly have different views, and hence, those views should all be considered.
I agree here. Political theory is too focused on working towards the application of structures, frequently with an arrogant over estimation of the quality of their own construction. It would be a nice change to see more thought applied to the navigation of political turmoil and the possibility of turmoil as a positive force. Of course as I've just read back that last sentence I see what an affront that would be to the love of the current, or longing for a new, status quo which is so rife.
Hello friend, I am from another language and I am writing with a translator, so could you please give me a summary or analysis of this, it is for an assignment.
I agree with his criticism of acting before thinking; the whole Kony 2012 debate proves that one should stop and think, be careful and critical, before acting on anything especially if someone else tells you to do something.
definetely, philosophy ( classical, antique and modern, ethics, logics, metaphysics) should be an essential part of our educational system since elementary school: it is a very human activity and even would have positive societal benefits; if specifically a hegelian logic would be the place to start or focus, that can be debatable but Zizek has make great intellectual contributions that will serve to clear the way...
back in the golden age of greek philosophy I think you'll find the layman was less educated than the kardashians. Keeping up with the kardashians is certainly more intellectual than shepherding the goats.
haha no i got your point...i was just emphasizing mine so you knew what i actually meant if i wasn't so clear in my first comment but you are correct..its good to know there are still smart people who can have intellectual discussions with others on youtube...you're ok in my book :)
We need to think about doing something, not just what to do. Philosophy is like a compass within the torn map of nature. Knowing that you have to go in a certain direction to get to where u think is the right destination is not enough. Sure it is important, but what you do with that compass is what matters. So we better get going.
I do believe he knows the key the the meaning of life but was sucked into an alien device that confused the language processing compnents of his brain, now we need to communicate with him through hand motions and strange noises in order to uncover the revolutionary intelligence he possesses.
I've heard this man before, totally brilliant. We all, especially crazy religious people, politicians and entrepeneurs, some who have diluted from reality, need new thinking (bigthink, if you will!) I'm glad that philosophy is thought in Finland. Not being religios doesn't mean you cannot be spiritual and stuff, just look at Howard Bloom or Robert Anton Wilson. ps. Recently the whole country of Norway separated it's state from church!
Zizek is right - we need to think of how to get out of this mess, and philosophy has long been the tonic to a science that doesn't consider its own meaning. Both are absolutely necessary. Search material indeterminism on google and start thinking!!
why would he hurt himself? as controversial as his ideas are they do make sense and i believe that a philosophical approach to any problem is a good start. Even if you dont know the problem itself.
very intriguing video and i agree more philosophy is good a thing, i harken how i feel to simple thing i came to conclusion of when i was younger, some may not get the correlation but hear me out, when we are taught math we are taught 2+2 is four and so on and so on but we expect this outcome because we memorized it that way and we hardly know why or even ask why this is we never progress beyond the so called clear explanation. thinking should be questions of why and not dry thoughts...i ramble
Zizek is the exact person we need to get people thinking. he's charismatic, entertaining, interesting, etc. although Zizek might consider his ideas around capitalism and pop-culture as "collateral damage" of his work - it's the exact thing we need to get young people interested and excited. this opens doors to further opening people's minds up. no one is thinking anymore - we don't need to agree with everything Zizek says, but at least start thinking.
Here In Bosnia and Herzegovina we have religion untill 3rd grade of high school and philosophy only in 4th grade, but just in Gymnasium, most of the other school do not have philosophy at all.
Just a side a note. Things are supernatural because we can't figure out how they work. Natural things are able to be naturally understand. Supernatural things are beyond our abilities as humans. It's kind of like how we're unable understand and perceive and live within the 8th Dimension but we ONLY understand things within our own dimension.
True, Theo assumes the existence of divinity, which is why its not a science, but can be compared to Philo. Both use reason to argue the often unanswerable Whys of life. Science covers the far more certain Hows. BTW, science itself makes a few assumptions of its own about our reality. No system is beyond reproach and each of these three has a place.
I did mix up my terms, sorry about that. However, what I did want to purport would be that Philosophy in itself it's very large and complex subject just like Religion and I think that replacing it with Religion is about useful as replacing Algebra with Calculus. (I don't know if that is an accurate representation) What I mean is that Philosophy and Religion are two vast and deep topics and I think it would be a shame if EITHER got eliminated from school curriculum. I agree, teach all or none.
I think that when he accepts that today philosophy (as in understanding the nature of reality) has become a tool to merely understand superior approaches like quantum mechanics, by sort of simplifying it through this cruder level of intellectualisation which has now been superseded, well he has basically accepted that philosophy in this mentioned sense has run its course...
When there is an Atheist column in every paper, when there are Atheist meeting buildings with Atheist signs out front, when Atheists have a day of the week assigned to us, when we have Atheist representatives for prisoners, and Atheists reps in hospitals for the dying, when children are made to kneel and recite a chapter of “The God Delusion,” etc, then, maybe then you could complain that we are 'fanatics'. If all these things were reality, we’d have just reached equality at that point.
I agree we need thinking, but this is where differentiation comes in. Let some people think, and everyone else can do what we can with what we know now. The problem is that there is no solution to this issue. The fundamental problem with all social-economic structures, be it communism, socialism, capitalism, totalitarianism, is that people are fundamentally flawed. All of these systems should conceivably work just fine if the agents in power are "good". But the agents in power are always us...
Speaking in a religious way, we need a some sort of binding between the self and community, from that civic mind will flourish, including philosophy, right now everyone is pursuing business or they want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg and just gain and sell other peoples Facebook accounts.
Actually our current contemporary philosophy diverges from the goal of classical, or ancient philosophy. As opposed to scientifically unfounded thought (as rational as it may be) contemporary philosophy seeks to professionalize the area. With this comes the introduction of analytic philosophy which is both new and objective (not interchangeably so). The use of the word new is temporarily necessary so as not to signal the regression of philosophy but to propose a new rational philosophical era.
Sometimes paradoxically not acting is also an action like if you were to make choices refusing to choose is also a choice. In a very certain way there is always a denouement of taking or not taking action coz there is no certain thing as better result.. As zizek puts it First as Tragedy then as farce
I agree, of course, but the 'four horsemen' (Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, Harris) never said that we should hate anyone because they're religious, rather that we should be dedicated to critical view of the religion as a whole. Hating anyone is not to be mistaken for, or connected to 'New Atheism' in any way.
The problem is philosophers are usually biased and use "logic" as a weapon, to reach the predetermined conclusion they want, not the truth. Hence the disparity between what they tell us the world "should" be like and what it is. Science has the huge advantage of not being biased. I don't think we need more people telling us how things should be, but more scientists telling us why things are the way they are, so we can understand them. Only then can we fix them.
Well, these are only short, sort of, promotional videos to his thinking. There's plenty of material out there if you wish to understand his dialectical thinking further, I assure you.
Hello friend, I am from another language and I am writing with a translator, so could you please give me a summary or analysis of this, it is for an assignment.
There's only one non-coercive way you can get someone to do something: make them truly want to do it. I THINK he's saying we need a new Hegel, because Hegel's philosophy fundamentally changed the way many people think. If people were generally altruistic and wanted to help starving kids in Africa, there would be much more aid coming in to Africa today, as the world is abundant, main problem's the distribution of resources. Today they don't THINK that way, even if Americans donate $300B annually
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He never said we need less science. He meant we could be better scientists if we had more philosophy. I totally agree with him, more perspectives is always a better thing.
Finally someone reached a rational conclusion!!!
@@bryanmukherjee7601Real. Truth must be told!
I read quite a lot Zizek's essays while studying literature and sociology - the guy is very intelligent and should be integrated in school's curriculum. Quality stuff.
careful there - wouldn’t want some “violent liberal communist” ideology in the schools curriculum unless you’re ready to get taken to court by some floridians
I love hish acceshent
And so on and so on..
Omg haha
😂😂
Ha ha ha
Thllllll
A: What did you do you today?
B: I thought I'd read some quantum physics trough Hegel.
A: Oh that sounds like fun! Never tried it trough Hegel. You should definitely try reading Joyce backwards, absolutely delightful!
Reading quantum physics through Joyce sounds daring
Proud to be Slovenian at this point :)
Sorry, but nothing to do with any other Slovenians.
Žižek for world dictator!
NYESSS
i would love that!
@@uncannyposthuman lmao
I love this youtube channel because like Slavoj said, keep thinking on how can be done better, how can we change something from bad to good or improve the good. Thank you Slavoj!
Very true, all too often you have folk simply saying "Let's do something!", never defining what that something is. And that defining is only ever reached by thought.
i love this guy lol
I'm falling in love with zizek
From Hobbes and Schopenhauer, all the way to Heidegger Derrida and Lyotard, I may have spent more time over the years reading writers I don't agree with than writers I do agree with. And I admire the thinking of many of them, even if not their conclusions.
he is so unusual, i would love a conversation with him.
love his accent
Repeat this phrase "reading quantum physics through Hegel is productive" in the meeting room in any corporation and your career will be limited effectively 😁
I doubt that
I doubt anyone will care
I doubt anyone studying quantum physics wants to work in a corp
excellent speaker, much easier to understand than half my university profs.
i could go on and on about this and rebut points, but that would counterproductive...you have a decent point and i respect your opinion...hope you have a nice day today
“Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology.” -Christopher Hitchens
I hope 9 years later you're no longer this edgy
@@XaliberDeathlock I hope he got edgier
@@thekingoffailure9967 why?
Here I violently disagree... We don't need more philosophy... We need more Zizek!
+Ionut Pascal I like the irony.Well done
and so on and so on
He really made a great point and I got his idea. People who cant understand should eider thy harder, try to improve their thinking or keep quiet and not say its stupid or miningless!
... and so on and so on ... :D - I do agree with him. It is all a matter perspective and how to obtain it, which allows you to examine anything from different angles.
Science stems from philosophy. We need philosophy in physics, especially the ethics.
And relating to my previous statement, "You could philosophise from different views", you have showed that we, from different circumstances, had different views of the statement of "philosophy can be compatible with theology".
As religions have major differences, people from those religions would certainly have different views, and hence, those views should all be considered.
Slovoj Žižek, the man who popularised Ž
I love his Slavic accent! :)
I agree here. Political theory is too focused on working towards the application of structures, frequently with an arrogant over estimation of the quality of their own construction. It would be a nice change to see more thought applied to the navigation of political turmoil and the possibility of turmoil as a positive force. Of course as I've just read back that last sentence I see what an affront that would be to the love of the current, or longing for a new, status quo which is so rife.
This is exactly what Big Think is about.
Perfect.
Some people attack what they do not understand to make themselves feel less insecure.
This man is awesome!
if one wants to look into a serious scientific/mathematical exposition of hegelian themes, look up category theory and the science of logic.
powerhouse of a thinker!!
This is my hero.
"Today we need thinking"
That's absolutely true
Hello friend, I am from another language and I am writing with a translator, so could you please give me a summary or analysis of this, it is for an assignment.
I like this guy.
"...how to repeat Hegel. Not to do the same things as he did, but repeat, in new circumstances, the same gesture."
Think, but also listen.
The greatest living political and social philosopher of our time, bar none.
Brilliant!
After decades of running away from him, Zizek is circling back to Heidegger.
I agree with his criticism of acting before thinking; the whole Kony 2012 debate proves that one should stop and think, be careful and critical, before acting on anything especially if someone else tells you to do something.
definetely, philosophy ( classical, antique and modern, ethics, logics, metaphysics) should be an essential part of our educational system since elementary school: it is a very human activity and even would have positive societal benefits; if specifically a hegelian logic would be the place to start or focus, that can be debatable but Zizek has make great intellectual contributions that will serve to clear the way...
I love the idea of a philosophical renaissance, but we live in society that praises the kardashians.......so fuck
back in the golden age of greek philosophy I think you'll find the layman was less educated than the kardashians. Keeping up with the kardashians is certainly more intellectual than shepherding the goats.
***** new philosophy: "anti-kardashianism". It just sounds right somehow.
***** Fucking dumbass.
John Constantine ad hominem : )
gxlorp
ad hominem : )
Oh i wish we would do the same in Australia
This is what Zizek is really about. I like it.
haha no i got your point...i was just emphasizing mine so you knew what i actually meant if i wasn't so clear in my first comment
but you are correct..its good to know there are still smart people who can have intellectual discussions with others on youtube...you're ok in my book :)
We need to think about doing something, not just what to do. Philosophy is like a compass within the torn map of nature. Knowing that you have to go in a certain direction to get to where u think is the right destination is not enough. Sure it is important, but what you do with that compass is what matters. So we better get going.
we can use new technologies to allow us to redesign societies, but whenever you design something you need to first ask what the goal is
Great!
Žižek⭐
Reading quantom physics through hegel....Zizek for you
I do believe he knows the key the the meaning of life but was sucked into an alien device that confused the language processing compnents of his brain, now we need to communicate with him through hand motions and strange noises in order to uncover the revolutionary intelligence he possesses.
I thought I was paying attention, but at the end of the video I realized I had no idea what just happened...
this is absolute gold!! terence mckenna alan watts will help get your head vibrating in the right frequency
Wish there was a "love" button
SO mature!
I've heard this man before, totally brilliant. We all, especially crazy religious people, politicians and entrepeneurs, some who have diluted from reality, need new thinking (bigthink, if you will!) I'm glad that philosophy is thought in Finland. Not being religios doesn't mean you cannot be spiritual and stuff, just look at Howard Bloom or Robert Anton Wilson. ps. Recently the whole country of Norway separated it's state from church!
Same here in Norway :)
haha slavoj kralju na bigthinku :DD
Zizek is right - we need to think of how to get out of this mess, and philosophy has long been the tonic to a science that doesn't consider its own meaning. Both are absolutely necessary. Search material indeterminism on google and start thinking!!
why would he hurt himself? as controversial as his ideas are they do make sense and i believe that a philosophical approach to any problem is a good start. Even if you dont know the problem itself.
very intriguing video and i agree more philosophy is good a thing, i harken how i feel to simple thing i came to conclusion of when i was younger, some may not get the correlation but hear me out, when we are taught math we are taught 2+2 is four and so on and so on but we expect this outcome because we memorized it that way and we hardly know why or even ask why this is we never progress beyond the so called clear explanation. thinking should be questions of why and not dry thoughts...i ramble
Zizek is the exact person we need to get people thinking. he's charismatic, entertaining, interesting, etc. although Zizek might consider his ideas around capitalism and pop-culture as "collateral damage" of his work - it's the exact thing we need to get young people interested and excited. this opens doors to further opening people's minds up. no one is thinking anymore - we don't need to agree with everything Zizek says, but at least start thinking.
:D this man has my approval. more please.
Basic philosophy and anthropology are needed in schools.
Everytime he makes a "sh"-sound to assert his dominance, do 1 shot.
I don't understand what he's trying to say but I came here for his beautiful accent
Here In Bosnia and Herzegovina we have religion untill 3rd grade of high school and philosophy only in 4th grade, but just in Gymnasium, most of the other school do not have philosophy at all.
Just a side a note. Things are supernatural because we can't figure out how they work. Natural things are able to be naturally understand. Supernatural things are beyond our abilities as humans. It's kind of like how we're unable understand and perceive and live within the 8th Dimension but we ONLY understand things within our own dimension.
Zizek seems like good company
Haha kr Žižek na bigthink :)
philosophy is how intelligent people have conversations.
True, Theo assumes the existence of divinity, which is why its not a science, but can be compared to Philo. Both use reason to argue the often unanswerable Whys of life. Science covers the far more certain Hows. BTW, science itself makes a few assumptions of its own about our reality. No system is beyond reproach and each of these three has a place.
legend
By reading books I mean the book representing different perspectives, not only the ones you feel your ideas resonating.
1000 year in future people will laugh at us,the way that we live today and todays thinking of our society...
I did mix up my terms, sorry about that. However, what I did want to purport would be that Philosophy in itself it's very large and complex subject just like Religion and I think that replacing it with Religion is about useful as replacing Algebra with Calculus. (I don't know if that is an accurate representation) What I mean is that Philosophy and Religion are two vast and deep topics and I think it would be a shame if EITHER got eliminated from school curriculum. I agree, teach all or none.
I think that when he accepts that today philosophy (as in understanding the nature of reality) has become a tool to merely understand superior approaches like quantum mechanics, by sort of simplifying it through this cruder level of intellectualisation which has now been superseded, well he has basically accepted that philosophy in this mentioned sense has run its course...
When there is an Atheist column in every paper, when there are Atheist meeting buildings with Atheist signs out front, when Atheists have a day of the week assigned to us, when we have Atheist representatives for prisoners, and Atheists reps in hospitals for the dying, when children are made to kneel and recite a chapter of “The God Delusion,” etc, then, maybe then you could complain that we are 'fanatics'. If all these things were reality, we’d have just reached equality at that point.
I agree we need thinking, but this is where differentiation comes in. Let some people think, and everyone else can do what we can with what we know now. The problem is that there is no solution to this issue. The fundamental problem with all social-economic structures, be it communism, socialism, capitalism, totalitarianism, is that people are fundamentally flawed. All of these systems should conceivably work just fine if the agents in power are "good". But the agents in power are always us...
Speaking in a religious way, we need a some sort of binding between the self and community, from that civic mind will flourish, including philosophy, right now everyone is pursuing business or they want to be the next Mark Zuckerberg and just gain and sell other peoples Facebook accounts.
Actually our current contemporary philosophy diverges from the goal of classical, or ancient philosophy. As opposed to scientifically unfounded thought (as rational as it may be) contemporary philosophy seeks to professionalize the area. With this comes the introduction of analytic philosophy which is both new and objective (not interchangeably so). The use of the word new is temporarily necessary so as not to signal the regression of philosophy but to propose a new rational philosophical era.
I simply hate it how schools do not teach philosophy. Thinking is always required, yes, too bad society does not see it as a necessity.
The importance of philosophy before action
Given their current rates of economic growth, in 20 years they'll be considered on par with the likes of Germany, France and the UK.
Sometimes paradoxically not acting is also an action like if you were to make choices refusing to choose is also a choice. In a very certain way there is always a denouement of taking or not taking action coz there is no certain thing as better result.. As zizek puts it First as Tragedy then as farce
I agree, of course, but the 'four horsemen' (Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, Harris) never said that we should hate anyone because they're religious, rather that we should be dedicated to critical view of the religion as a whole. Hating anyone is not to be mistaken for, or connected to 'New Atheism' in any way.
O M G (In the most existencial meaning of the expression)
Needs to be subed
The problem is philosophers are usually biased and use "logic" as a weapon, to reach the predetermined conclusion they want, not the truth. Hence the disparity between what they tell us the world "should" be like and what it is.
Science has the huge advantage of not being biased.
I don't think we need more people telling us how things should be, but more scientists telling us why things are the way they are, so we can understand them. Only then can we fix them.
nice ending
Clearly you are the limiting factor!
The more surprising "assertion" would be that they are not compatible. Both fields try to address topics that science doesn't or can't answer.
yesh i love hish ashent
More thinking that's what I ask for.
Well, these are only short, sort of, promotional videos to his thinking. There's plenty of material out there if you wish to understand his dialectical thinking further, I assure you.
Under the conditions of tyranny, it is always easier to act than to think.
Hannah Arendt
Hello friend, I am from another language and I am writing with a translator, so could you please give me a summary or analysis of this, it is for an assignment.
Inteligence :D
Muwhahaha! Brilliant! How could I not hear Roman before?!
There's only one non-coercive way you can get someone to do something: make them truly want to do it. I THINK he's saying we need a new Hegel, because Hegel's philosophy fundamentally changed the way many people think.
If people were generally altruistic and wanted to help starving kids in Africa, there would be much more aid coming in to Africa today, as the world is abundant, main problem's the distribution of resources. Today they don't THINK that way, even if Americans donate $300B annually
He is a grreat tinker i tink and so on and so on.
Is there a full video for this?
If so can somebody please reply with the link to it.