Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual
A cinematic experience of Žižek's interpretations of reality and virtual reality.
6.8
17 votes
March 23, 2004
1h 11m
Documentary
Overview
In this tour de force filmed lecture, Slavoj Žižek lucidly and compellingly reflects on belief - which takes him from Father Christmas to democracy - and on the various forms that belief takes, drawing on Lacanian categories of thought. In a radical dismissal of todays so called post-political era, he mobilizes the paradox of universal truth urging us to dare to enact the impossible. It is a characteristic virtuoso performance, moving promiscuously from subject to subject but keeping the larger argument in view.
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