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Ideology Is in What We Do, Not What We Know

Žižek blends Lacan and Hegel with pop culture to show how ideology works through cynical distance and enjoyment. You'll map fantasy, the big Other, and traversing the fantasy.

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  2. Text Explore· ~12 min

    They Know Not What They Do

    Cynical reason passage.

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  3. Argument Map· ~12 min

    Mapping Ideological Fantasy

    From symptom to sinthome.

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  4. Dialogue· ~12 min

    Žižek vs Althusser

    Debate enjoyment vs apparatus.

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  5. Reflection· ~8 min

    Žižek in Pop Culture

    Memes, Netflix, politics.

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  6. Reflection· ~3 min

    Extra Reflection: Žižek on Crisis

    Capitalism, ecology.

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  7. Reflection· ~3 min

    Extra Reflection: Žižek on Crisis

    Capitalism, ecology.

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