YouTube: Eppur Si Muove / Playlist This third masterclass focused on Žižek's philosophy approaches the concept eppur si muove, or "and yet it moves". Eppur si muove is a central concept that appears in the introduction of Less Than Nothing. It refers to a fundamental motion of language, or a motion of the symbolic order. … Continue reading EPPUR SI MUOVE / ŽIŽEKIAN MASTERCLASS (3)
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THE OTHER / ŽIŽEKIAN MASTERCLASS (2)
YouTube: The Other / Playlist Welcome to the second masterclass focused on the foundations of Slavoj Žižek's philosophy. This article focuses on the concept of the "Other". The Other appears in Žižek's work as foundational and absolutely necessary to understand in order to grasp his system as a whole. The first thing to know about … Continue reading THE OTHER / ŽIŽEKIAN MASTERCLASS (2)
FOUNDATIONS / ŽIŽEKIAN MASTERCLASS (1)
YouTube: Foundations / Playlist This is the first masterclass on Slavoj Žižek's core philosophy. In this first article, Foundations, we will try to explore some of the central ideas used in Žižek's major works. In order to start this investigation we will start with the difference between multiplicity and singularity. As the concepts may intuitively … Continue reading FOUNDATIONS / ŽIŽEKIAN MASTERCLASS (1)
SELF-RELATING NEGATION. CHAPTER 7 – THE LIMITS OF HEGEL (PART 3)
YouTube: SELF-RELATING NEGATIVITY. The Limits of Hegel (Part 3) (SERIES PLAYLIST) Welcome to Lecture 23 of Slavoj Žižek's Less Than Nothing focused on subsection 3 titled "Varieties of Self-Relating Negation" (in the book) in Chapter 7 - The Limits of Hegel. This is a very complex subsection and a very technical subsection. I hope some of … Continue reading SELF-RELATING NEGATION. CHAPTER 7 – THE LIMITS OF HEGEL (PART 3)
CONSCIOUSNESS: HEGEL’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT
YouTube: CONSCIOUSNESS - Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit Welcome to Lecture 3 of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. This lecture will be focused on the chapter on Consciousness (A.), and the different relationships that consciousness can have with the world. As is typical with Hegelian philosophy the section is divided triadically. There are three different ways in … Continue reading CONSCIOUSNESS: HEGEL’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT
Sex and the Failed Absolute (Žižek Lecture Overview)
YouTube: Sex and the Failed Absolute Last week I had a chance to attend a Masterclass at Birkbeck, University of London presented by Slavoj Žižek titled "Sex and the Failed Absolute". In this work I want to give an overview of the core information presented at that lecture and hopefully give my own interpretation which … Continue reading Sex and the Failed Absolute (Žižek Lecture Overview)
SEXUAL DIVISION, A PROBLEM IN ONTOLOGY. CHAPTER 3 – CONTRADICTIONS THAT MATTER (PART 3)
YouTube: SEXUAL DIVISION. Contradictions That Matter (Part 3) Welcome to Lecture 10 of Alenka Zupančič's What Is Sex? In this lecture we will be covering Part 2 of Chapter 3 - Contradictions That Matter. The title of the subsection is "Sexual Division, A Problem in Ontology". We will be covering the paradoxes of the being … Continue reading SEXUAL DIVISION, A PROBLEM IN ONTOLOGY. CHAPTER 3 – CONTRADICTIONS THAT MATTER (PART 3)
INTRODUCTION: HEGEL’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT
YouTube: INTRODUCTION - Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit Welcome to the second lecture on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. In this lecture we will be covering the Introduction of the work. In the previous lecture I covered the Foreword which did not get into Hegel's own writing, but with this work we will be diving into Hegel's … Continue reading INTRODUCTION: HEGEL’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT
FOREWORD: HEGEL’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT
YOUTUBE: Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (FOREWORD) This entry is an analytical overview of the Foreword to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807). You can find a link below to the version of the book I will be discussing in this series (1). Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit is a philosophical classic, one of the most important philosophical texts … Continue reading FOREWORD: HEGEL’S PHENOMENOLOGY OF SPIRIT
NECESSITY, CONTINGENCY. CHAPTER 7 – THE LIMITS OF HEGEL (PART 2)
YouTube: NECESSITY, CONTINGENCY. The Limits of Hegel (Part 2) (SERIES PLAYLIST) Welcome to Lecture 22 of Less Than Nothing focused on Part 2 of Chapter 7 — The Limits of Hegel. In the section titled “Necessity as Self-Sublated Contingency” we encounter a concept which is absolutely central to Žižek’s metaphysical focus on reviving a Hegelian … Continue reading NECESSITY, CONTINGENCY. CHAPTER 7 – THE LIMITS OF HEGEL (PART 2)