Slavoj Zizek Quotes on Knowledge
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural critic, and one of the most prominent public intellectuals working in the broadly Hegelian and Lacanian tradition. This page collects quotes attributed to Slavoj Zizek on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“A spectre is haunting Western academia (...), the spectre of the Cartesian subject.”
The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology (London/New York: Verso, 1999), p. 1. -
“The Fragile Absolute: or, why is the Christian legacy worth fighting for?”
It is also crucial to bear in mind the interconnection between the Decalogue... and its modern obverse, the celebrated 'human Rights'. As the experience of our post-political liberal-permissive society amply demonstrates, human Rights are ultimately, at their core, simply Rights to violate the Ten Commandments. 'The right to privacy' — the right to adultery, in secret, where no one sees me or has -
“The Fragile Absolute: or, why is the Christian legacy worth fighting for? (London: Verso, 2000, ISBN 1-85984-326-3 ), p. 111.”
There is a somewhat analogous situation with regard to the heterosexual seduction procedure in our Politically Correct times: the two sets, the set of PC behaviour and the set of seduction, do not actually intersect anywhere; that is, there is no seduction which is not in a way an "incorrect" intrusion or harassment — at some point, one has to expose oneself and "make a pass." So does this mean th -
“Welcome to the Desert of the Real!: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates (London: Verso, 2002, ISBN 1-859-84421-9 ), p. 16”
[A]t the beginning of November 2001, there was a series of meetings between White House advisers and senior Hollywood executives with the aim of co-ordinating the war effort and establishing how Hollywood could help in the " war against terrorism " by getting the right ideological message across not only to Americans, but also to the Hollywood public around the globe — the ultimate empirical proof -
“Introduction: The Missing Ink", in Welcome to the Desert of the Real!: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates (2002), p. 2”
We feel free because we lack the very language to articulate our unfreedom. -
“As a Marxist, let me add: if anyone tells you Lacan is difficult, this is class propaganda by the enemy.”
Last remark in an interview for the CN8 show Nitebeat (2003)