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La începutul filmului The Prestige, regizat de Christopher Nolan, un magician își execută numărul cu o pasăre mică ce dispare într-o cușcă aplatizată pe masă. Un băiețel din public începe să plângă tulburat că pasărea a fost ucisă. Magicianul se apropie de el și își încheie trucul, scoțând cu grijă din mânecă o pasăre vie – însă băiețelul nu este convins, insistând că aceasta este o altă pasăre, sora păsării ucise. După spectacol, îl vedem pe magician singur, aruncând o pasăre strivită la gunoi, alături de alte păsări moarte. Băiețelul avea dreptate. Trucul nu putea fi executat fără violență și moarte, însă eficiența sa depinde de ascunderea rămășițelor mizerabile și sfărâmate a ceea ce a fost sacrificat, eliminându-le acolo unde nimeni care contează nu le va vedea. Tocmai în aceasta stă premisa de bază a noțiunii dialectice de progres: atunci când vine o nouă etapă mai înaltă, trebuie să existe o pasăre strivită pe undeva. Slavoj Žižek
184 pages, Paperback
First published October 31, 2024
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Slavoj Žižek
652 books7,601 followersSlavoj Žižek is a Slovene sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic.
He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia). He received a Doctor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Ljubljana and studied psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII with Jacques-Alain Miller and François Regnault. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party Liberal Democracy of Slovenia for Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia (an auxiliary institution, abolished in 1992).
Since 2005, Žižek has been a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Žižek is well known for his use of the works of 20th century French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan in a new reading of popular culture. He writes on many topics including the Iraq War, fundamentalism, capitalism, tolerance, political correctness, globalization, subjectivity, human rights, Lenin, myth, cyberspace, postmodernism, multiculturalism, post-marxism, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El País he jokingly described himself as an "orthodox Lacanian Stalinist". In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! he described himself as a "Marxist" and a "Communist."
He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of SFR Yugoslavia). He received a Doctor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Ljubljana and studied psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII with Jacques-Alain Miller and François Regnault. In 1990 he was a candidate with the party Liberal Democracy of Slovenia for Presidency of the Republic of Slovenia (an auxiliary institution, abolished in 1992).
Since 2005, Žižek has been a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Žižek is well known for his use of the works of 20th century French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan in a new reading of popular culture. He writes on many topics including the Iraq War, fundamentalism, capitalism, tolerance, political correctness, globalization, subjectivity, human rights, Lenin, myth, cyberspace, postmodernism, multiculturalism, post-marxism, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El País he jokingly described himself as an "orthodox Lacanian Stalinist". In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! he described himself as a "Marxist" and a "Communist."
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