Pill Pod 113 - Slavoj Zizek vs Wokeness

Socialist are to blame for the Forest Fires. Antifa caused Algae to take over the reflecting pool. Conservatives believe that nature has allied with their enemies to undermine their authority and Western vicilization. We discuss many instances of the opposition of culture/nature ...  Show more

Join for ad-free and more episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThere's only been about a century of structuralism. It had a day, then in the 80s haters celebrated its falloff. But today, the LLMs designed according to the precepts of structuralist linguistics have proven ...  Show more

Alright, the gang is back and this week we're talking the newly published book "Žižek Responds!" where we focus on Todd McGowan's entry in the collection: "Slavoj Žižek Is Not Violent Enough". Is the violence of the death drive and its self-sabotage the first emancipation that su ...  Show more

What does it mean to be "woke"? It's become a catchall term to smear or dismiss anything that has any vague association with progressive politics. As a result, anytime you venture into an argument about “wokeness,” it becomes hopelessly entangled in a broader cultural battle. Tod ...  Show more

Slavoj Žižek is one of the world's pre-eminent intellectuals. A renowned academic and the author of several bestselling books. We had a lot to talk about: capitalism and the pandemic, whether a revitalised US left can extract concessions from Joe Biden, the threat of the new r ...

Zizek spoke to Oli Dugmore about Reddit v Wall Street, whether patriotism and socialism are compatible and a possible impending cultural revolution on the PoliticsJOE youtube channel