http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org notes and thoughts on philosophy Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:19:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 ©Matt Lee matt@razorsmile.org (Matt Lee) matt@razorsmile.org(Matt Lee) philosophy 1440 philosophy, deleuze, guattari, academic, thought, education, UK, london notes and thoughts from a philosopher notes and thoughts on philosophy Matt Lee Matt Lee matt@razorsmile.org No no http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/nb11.jpg http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org 144 144 http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2008/01/10/zizek-omnibus-lacan-dot-com/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2008/01/10/zizek-omnibus-lacan-dot-com/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:32:07 +0000 notebooker http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2008/01/10/zizek-omnibus-lacan-dot-com/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2008/01/10/zizek-omnibus-lacan-dot-com/feed/ 00:01:01 (Updated today, 4thFeb 08, so links work)nbsp; An email today brings news of a wealth of Zizek material on Lacan.com, all of which looks interesting.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Zizek ... (Updated today, 4thFeb 08, so links work)nbsp; An email today brings news of a wealth of Zizek material on Lacan.com, all of which looks interesting.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Zizek was also on Radio4 yesterday - there is this humorous mention in the introduction the presenter gives to Zizek about how he is so ubiquitous within intellectual life that one academic has proposed starting an 'anti-Zizek league' (at the mention of which we hear Zizek, in the background, saying 'give me his name...' and the presenter deferring on doing so in public...).nbsp; My own reaction to Zizek is curious, since on the one hand I think that there is a tension between the Zizekian/Lacanian philosophical analyses and the Deleuzian/Guattarian analysis around the question of lack and the productive ontological forces, a tension in which I find myself trying to draw on D/G against Z/L, whilst at the same time I am encouraged by the simple fact that Zizek is capable in our contemporary de-politicised and in some respects de-racinated intellectual culture of standing explicitly as a Marxist and as oppositional to capitalism.nbsp; It reminds me of times during my active political life (by which I mean, when I was an active member of a revolutionary organisation) when there would be a kind of separation of discursive spaces, such that within a specific space a criticism (sometimes quite violent and extensive) might be raised against another political perspective which would, on no account, be expressed outside that particular space, in the 'everyday' world as it were.nbsp; To do so would be tantamount to a kind of betrayal and such activity is what is often called 'sectarianism', a practice in which the criticism and combat against another group (sect) would become more important that any common goals.nbsp; This peculiar practice is still one I find myself engaged in at various points, though I increasingly wonder about its efficacy.nbsp; More on that another time perhaps...for now, have a listen to the Slovenian and perhaps spend a little time perusing some of the fascinating resources listed below... ZIZEK OMNIBUS New on lacan dot com http://www.lacan.com http://www.lacan.com/lacan1.htm CENSORSHIP TODAY: VIOLENCE, OR ECOLOGY AS A NEW OPIUM FOR THE MASSES Part 1 - http://www.lacan.com/zizecology1.htm Part 2 - http://www.lacan.com/zizecology2.htm THE LIBERAL UTOPIA section I: Against the Politics of Jouissance - http://www.lacan.com/zizliberal.htm section II: The Market Mechanism for the Race of Devils - http://www.lacan.com/zizliberal2.htm IDEOLOGY I. No Man is an Island... - http://www.lacan.com/zizwhiteriot.html II. Competition is a Sin - http://www.lacan.com/zizdesolationroad.html III. To Read Too Many Books is Harmful - http://www.lacan.com/zizchemicalbeats.html ON ALAIN BADIOU AND LOGIQUES DES MONDES http://www.lacan.com/zizbadman.htm PHILOSOPHY: 1. Introduction - Spinoza -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizphilosophy1.htm 2. Kant - Hegel - http://www.lacan.com/zizphilosophy2.htm 3. ...and Badiou! -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizphilosophy3.htm Leninism Today: Zionism and the Palestinian Question -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizbarabajal.html RELIGION: Cogito, Madness and Religion: Derrida, Foucault and then Lacan -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizforest.html Madness and Habit in German Idealism Discipline between the Two Freedoms: part 1 -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizdazedandconfused.html Discipline between the Two Freedoms: part 2 -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizstairwaytoheaven.html Only a Suffering God Can Save Us section 1: Hegel -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizshadowplay.html section 2: Kierkegaard -nbsp;http://www.lacan.com/zizmarqueemoon.html Radical Evil as a Freudian Category - http://www.lacan.com/zizlovevigilantes.html Religion between Knowledge and Jouissance - http://www.lacan.com/zizsmokeonthewater.html Do We Still Live in a World... politics,,zizek Matt Lee no No http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/12/14/relations-and-reactions/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/12/14/relations-and-reactions/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:30:22 +0000 notebooker http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/12/14/relations-and-reactions/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/12/14/relations-and-reactions/feed/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/11/30/interest-and-desire/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/11/30/interest-and-desire/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:14:23 +0000 notebooker http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/?p=142 http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/11/30/interest-and-desire/feed/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/11/15/the-problem-of-the-program/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/11/15/the-problem-of-the-program/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:06:43 +0000 notebooker http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/?p=140 http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/11/15/the-problem-of-the-program/feed/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/10/07/practice-of-objective-reality/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/10/07/practice-of-objective-reality/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:54:00 +0000 notebooker http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/?p=129 http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/10/07/practice-of-objective-reality/feed/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/10/02/names-categories-and-the-limitations-they-impose-slightly-oblique-example-for-students-in-ep-this-year/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/10/02/names-categories-and-the-limitations-they-impose-slightly-oblique-example-for-students-in-ep-this-year/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:21:32 +0000 notebooker http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/?p=128 http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/10/02/names-categories-and-the-limitations-they-impose-slightly-oblique-example-for-students-in-ep-this-year/feed/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/02/04/greenwich-bombs-and-history/ http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/02/04/greenwich-bombs-and-history/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:15:04 +0000 notebooker http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/?p=89 http://notebookeleven.razorsmile.org/2007/02/04/greenwich-bombs-and-history/feed/