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Žižek And So On · Monday · 7 min

PREVIEW - Žižek's System: The Transcendental Ontological Parallax

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! Alright, welcome back to Žižek & So On. This is another PATREON EPISODE in our ongoing series on the systematic aspects of Žižek’s thought & we’re taking a look at Adrian Johnston’s critique of Slavoj Žižek. Can you have a materialism without matter? Does a genuine dialectical materialism need a detour through theology and the mystical "Night of the World"? What happens when you try to ground the emergence of subjectivity in the bizarre realities of quantum physics? Along the way we get into the transcendental ontological parallax, Lenin’s Materialism and Empiriocriticism, the crisis of the disappearing electron, Penrose's microtubules, and why kicking away the theological ladder might be harder than it looks. Up next we move from the quantum void to the delegation of enjoyment with Robert Pfaller on Interpassivity. To follow along with all the episodes in this series and to get access to all our interviews, patreon episodes, and SHORT SESSIONS support us here! See you in Paris or the Urgrund, Ž&…

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LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE!

Alright, welcome back to Žižek & So On. This is another PATREON EPISODE in our ongoing series on the systematic aspects of Žižek’s thought & we’re taking a look at Adrian Johnston’s critique of Slavoj Žižek.

Can you have a materialism without matter? Does a genuine dialectical materialism need a detour through theology and the mystical "Night of the World"? What happens when you try to ground the emergence of subjectivity in the bizarre realities of quantum physics?

Along the way we get into the transcendental ontological parallax, Lenin’s Materialism and Empiriocriticism, the crisis of the disappearing electron, Penrose's microtubules, and why kicking away the theological ladder might be harder than it looks.

Up next we move from the quantum void to the delegation of enjoyment with Robert Pfaller on Interpassivity.

To follow along with all the episodes in this series and to get access to all our interviews, patreon episodes, and SHORT SESSIONS support us here!

See you in Paris or the Urgrund, 

Ž&…

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