As we close out our second section, I find myself thinking more and more about Slavoj Žižek. He is many things, including a cultural critic and a social commentator. However, he is also a philosopher who calls himself a Lacanian Marxist. Since we've gone over both Marxism and Psychoanalysis, I've reread some passages from his books and garnered a better understanding of it. No matter the subject, I find a lot of what he writes very interesting, and perhaps you ladies and gentlemen will as well since we've been through the two sections. Just thought I would pop in him as an example of the interconnectedness of the theories we've been studying.
Here are some links:
His wikipedia page- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek
A clip of him discussing Children of Men from a Marxist/Psychoanalytic view- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbgrwNP_gYE
And finally, the google books fragments from "Welcome to the Desert of the Real!"- http://books.google.com/books?id=N4ZOTlBZieoC&dq=welcome+to+the+desert+of+the+real&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=CN9wS-HnFcWknQfjypGeCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCAQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Hopefully you find him as interesting as I do.
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I liked his bit about reality TV stars playing themselves. That is so very, very true.
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