tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119236.post2903192433600461440..comments2023-07-16T17:20:59.733+02:00Comments on Soul SphÃncter: Slavoj Zizek: What is the Question?James Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18305652557419755386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119236.post-60313508206680010522008-10-27T10:25:00.000+01:002008-10-27T10:25:00.000+01:00Yes...he's funny too. But the central thesis of th...Yes...he's funny too. But the central thesis of this discussion (well more of 'Zizek Speaks') is a good one I think. How narrative's require conter-narratives to be 'potent' (for want of a better word). The CHANGE and HOPE messages of the Obama campaign would be meaningless without the follies of 8 years of neo-con fumblings under Bush-Chaney-Rove etc.. I feel that without the neo-con free market paradigm Obama is a hollow figure as he cannot promise or (HOPEfully) deliver real change without the continued anti-narrative alternates of the neo-con paradigm. A real change would be offering a third path; one of real ecologically conscious ecomonmic change where mass industry is forced to explain itself in terms of sustainable development and the global perspective. I dont this is likely to happen and President Obama will be protecting American interests as that is his job.James Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18305652557419755386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5119236.post-67452317417836002692008-10-27T09:25:00.000+01:002008-10-27T09:25:00.000+01:00(Good job transcribing Zizek, man!) These are seri...(Good job transcribing Zizek, man!) <BR/><BR/>These are serious questions indeed, not only for "the post-modern left" etc but, I think, also for the psychological well-being of the community at large. That is why it is always interesting to hear Zizek talk about these kind of issues in these financially/politically troubled times (being a central figure in post-Lacanian psycho-something debate).NickeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551736438171427330noreply@blogger.com