Christ: From Fetish To Redemption

Christ: From Fetish to Redemption, or why one cannot have love without the fall.
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#zizek #hegel #theology #philosophy #psychoanalysis #religion #god

[@stevem2870]

Outstanding lecture. This has synthesized so many separate aspects of my philosophical/theological journey. I was able to identify with deist concepts in order to rectify my distrust of the Sunday school theology I was raised on. This series of lectures has brought me a vocabulary to describe so many concepts that have come up for me. Thank you Thank you Thank you. I am a proud Christian.

[@bertjunrieQ]

In just an hour of lecture, it already opens a lot of door of where I have to study more. Watching this only once is not enough, and so I must rewatch this lecture on my free time.

[@julianphilosophy]

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[@nobody_1995]

On the meaning of the christian sacrifice, I would highly recommend Rene Girard. Just to say a few words, the crucifixion not only that it cannot act as the sacrificial foundation for religion, but it brings this very practice to an end. Girard argues that we should see Jesus as a kind of "bait" for the scapegoating based logic of law and order. By giving himself to the judgement of the law, Jesus plays it all out (fulfills it), but in doing so he reveals just how much of it is actually mob justice. This is how Girard thinks that Jesus "used Satan to get rid of Satan". In this sense, one could say that the image of Christ crucified is the ultimate image of subversion through affirmation. What should have remained hidden behind "the will of God", namely the violence of the crowd, gets exposed on the cross for what it is, thus leaving this type of violence vulnerable to critique.

[@fakejasonlawless]

The stream is over but I'm watching from Sydney Australia

[@FreshlyWILD]

Man I love this guy i just turned on my notifications!

[@joseestrada395]

Julian, great content 👍👍☮️

[@happygucci5094]

This was a personal favorite. Love from Bermuda

[@WanderingExistence]

I've only gotten a third of the way through this lecture so far- with a headache so I can't say I've been understanding it to the best of my abilities. But I've been listening to a few of your other lectures and something that always hits me is that so often the ideology at blame is consumerism or capitalism. Constructively, I would appreciate if you could expand these ideas of ideology out towards other fanticle obsessions, like religiosity and even contextualize them with an older systems like feudalism or slavery. Zizek's critics are of psychology and thus can be transmuted beyond just the capitalist system and I would like to hear a little bit more about those other fames of reflectance. I understand that consumerism is the ideology that binds us most closely today, but I would be interested in seeing how this ideological shift gravitates along the material aspects of reality, because of course Zizek is a materialist. Hopefully, that makes sense. Either way, as always I appreciate your accessible contributions to philosophy.

[@Franganav_]

I might had not understood your question but if you where asking about the difference between capitalist consumerism and religion on this fetichism context, then I would then say they respond to the same logic.

[@elgrandjefe4661]

Dr. Medeiros, Hello from Lisbon

[@aristeidisaldroupitsouliag7417]

Thank you

[@SoChilledOutGuy]

Me: “So it’s like that, huh?” (Doesn’t understand anything)

[@macrocosm1]

That chivalry take just blew my fucking mind Cool dude

[@Siroitin]

Could you make video about AI and current tech hype? It would be nice to see one more opinion on that issue in KZbin. :D Not sure if that video is going to have any ground breaking thoughts but that could be good clickbait-esque topic

[@AndarManik]

It's crazy that Jesus was thinking this when he died on the cross.

[@nicolasdespres9694]

😂

[@bertjunrieQ]

hahaha

[@weltgeist2143]

Tmw misunderstanding Nietzsche😭

[@puj71]

How

[@gonx9906]

I don't like this kind of philosophy, what's the point of turning the act of doing philosophy into a language only a few can understand?.

[@Anabsurdsuggestion]

It takes a degree of effort on your part to read, look up, investigate ideas further… You’ll be surprised how the barriers of technical language melt away. You’ll also understand that the more technical terms are really important to access the meaning beyond them. It’s not just rewarding, it’s important: these are the ideas that shape the world.

[@gonx9906]

@@Anabsurdsuggestion most people don't have the time to get to understand this level of abstraction, philosophy is suposed to be for everyone, not just for an academic elite.

[@HelloHello-vk5ob]

@@gonx9906 some philosophy can be for everyone but this is like looking at quantum mechanics and asking why they have to make it so complicated, its a complicated idea

[@gonx9906]

@@HelloHello-vk5ob quantum mechanics is a science, is not the same thing.

[@weltgeist2143]

​@@gonx9906 Philosophy is a science as well😭

[@zero_nova2849]

Yes but back then when they were fabricating the jesus story they didn't know all this stuff. Your interpretation is retroactive.

[@juanandrescastro8568]

Amazing