Slavoj Žižek : From Pleasure-in-Pain To Surplus-Enjoyment

Slavoj Žižek : From Pleasure-in-Pain To Surplus-Enjoyment
18April 2016
Masterclass 1: Surplus-Value, Surplus-Enjoyment, Surplus-Knowledge
Jacques Lacan located the origin of his key notion of plus-de-jouir (surplus-enjoyment) in Marx’s notion of surplus-value, and it is worth exploring in detail the homology of the two notions, adding a third one, that of surplus-knowledge, a pseudo-knowledge in the guise of which our ignorance appears (“supreme” knowledge of God and other hidden forces, conspiracy theories, etc.). Such an analysis is crucial for resuscitating Marx’s critique of political economy, as well as for properly understanding today’s global capitalism and its ideological effects, up to fundamentalist violence.
The lecture and the above summary are quoted from the link below:
International Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities
Birkbeck, University of London
backdoorbroadcasting.net/2016...

[@farr4_moon87]

This is must watch, helps with alot of pit falls jesus. Jessuuuuuuus

[@carl716]

This is one of the better zizek lectures I’ve seen in a while, seriously, thanks for the upload! So many of his are geared towards a slightly wider audience and so you only get fifteen minutes or so of compelling framing, the rest being full of tired jokes and takes, however amusing as they may be. I don’t fully agree with Tomšič’s notion of sign value-that is the scope of its conceptualization, not the idea in its totality- or how zizek uses it, but the two lectures are a very fun and provoking path to go down which I was able to take inspiration from for my own work.

[@theonetruepyro]

Wonderful lecture. Do you have the second day?

[@user-hy8uo5ig9o]

1:25:00

[@ericcastillo6011]

Slavoj in his prime

[@big_hat_logan]

“Maybe I will disappoint you but I do feel a little bit tired of Improvising on politics and jokes, I know I say this every time”

[@goofyahhh254]

😂