Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:28:32 +0300
Subject: Re: Jouissance in the Dark


At 09:44 23.10.2000 -0400, Chris wrote:

>influence). But the essay by Zizek above often puzzles me, when it almost
>become suggested that reality IS the capitalist dynamic - (reality is
>lacking, etc.). It's almost an apology for capitalism, and for endless
>consumption, which gets my suspicious mind questioning what is really going
>on in Zizek's work?

As I take it, one point is that if you live your "actual" (leisure or
non-work) life as if it were somehow beyond the capitalist dynamic,
"authentic," this actually supports capitalism, and you will continue to
live out the desire of the "Other." (Because through this split you're
instrumentalizing your self.)

Fred