How to reinvent Lenin in the era of “cultural capitalism.” The idea of a Lenin renaissance might well provoke an outburst of sarcastic laughter. Marx is OK, but Lenin? Doesn’t he stand for the big catastrophe which left its mark on the entire twentieth-century? Lenin, however, deserves wider consideration than this, and his writings of 1917 are testament to a formidable political figure. They reveal his ability to grasp the significance of an extraordinary moment in history. Everything is here,...
Žižek nimmt sich in seinem Opus magnum nichts weniger vor als eine Neudefinition des dialektischen Materialismus. Abgelöst von seinem ursprünglichen ideologisch-politischen Kontext, passt dieser Begriff auf die Weltsicht moderner Wissenschaftler, die als Materialisten die Realität auf dialektische Weise verstehen: als dynamischen Prozess, der immer in Bewegung ist, in dem graduelle Veränderung in plötzliche Umschwünge und explosionsartige Entwicklungen mündet. Dabei denkt Žižek Materialismus...
The renowned philosopher finds a utopian future in worldwide protests. Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, London, and Athens took to the streets in pursuit of emancipation, obscure destructive fantasies inspired the world’s racist populists in places as far apart as Hungary and Arizona, achieving a horrific consummation in the actions of mass murderer Anders Breivik. The subterranean...
