Slavoj Žižek - A reply to my critics (2013) - 2/6

Although most of the critiques to which my work was exposed in the last years are "so-called" fast denunciations not worthy of a serious reply, some of them do at least raise pertinent questions : which, exactly, is the status of violence in social life, and how can one justify resort to it? Is in our societies a radical social change -- not just a revolt but the imposition of a new order -- objectively possible? What is materialism today, beyond the usual versions of deconstructionist discursive materialism, Deleuzian "new materialism," and scientific naturalism? And, last but not least, what immanent role do jokes play in theory?
28 February 2013, The Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

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The Consumer is the master in this relationship. It's just that he isn't up to the task (at least according to the left).

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The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters; Brian Myers, 2011.

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thx so much for your efforts

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North Korea is pure genius. In today's hyper-real world its artificiality is its greatest asset. Unlike other communist countries that attempt to combat the glitzy sheen of capital by keeping it real, N Korea has created a pristine, bristling theme-park. The fact that they paint the grass, have sexy traffic wardens without any traffic, carry toy guns on their vast military parades is all to the good, in fact its more impressive that they create a vast simulacrum. A communist Disney Land