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==''Introduction''== | ==''Introduction''== | ||
| − | [[Ideology]] relies on an unassimilable kernel of [[enjoyment]].<ref>{{Z}} ''[[The Plague of Fantasies]]''. London: Verso, 1997. p. 50</ref> | + | =====Enjoyment===== |
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| + | ''[[Ideology]] relies on an unassimilable kernel of [[enjoyment]]''.<ref>{{Z}} ''[[The Plague of Fantasies]]''. [[London]]: Verso, 1997. p. 50</ref> | ||
This means [[subject]]s are attached to an [[ideology|ideological formation]] not simply because of a set of [[identification|identifiable]] [[cause|reasons]] or [[cause]]s but because of something [[surplus|extra]]. | This means [[subject]]s are attached to an [[ideology|ideological formation]] not simply because of a set of [[identification|identifiable]] [[cause|reasons]] or [[cause]]s but because of something [[surplus|extra]]. | ||
| − | [[Ideology|Ideological formations]] rely on an extra, nonrational nugget that goes beyond what we [[knowledge|know]] to produce our sense of who we are and what the world is for us. | + | [[Ideology|Ideological formations]] rely on an extra, nonrational nugget that goes beyond what we [[knowledge|know]] to produce our [[sense]] of who we are and what the [[world]] is for us. |
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| + | Again, the [[idea]] of enjoyment as a [[political]] factor is that some [[contingent]] element of [[reality]] takes on a special, excessive [[role]] and so attaches us to a socio-political [[formation]]. | ||
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| + | In [[Zizek]]'s [[words]], this element "becomes elevated to the dignity of a [[Thing]]." | ||
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| + | =====Ideological Formations===== | ||
| − | + | [[Enjoyment]] is a [[category]] that can [[help]] [[political theory|political theorists]] account for differences among [[ideology|ideological formations]] | |
| + | Zizek differentiates among [[ideological]] [[formations]] in [[terms]] of [[enjoyment]]. | ||
| − | + | A primary task for the political theorist, then, is to grasp how a given formation organizes enjoyment. | |
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 24 May 2019
Introduction
Enjoyment
Ideology relies on an unassimilable kernel of enjoyment.[1]
This means subjects are attached to an ideological formation not simply because of a set of identifiable reasons or causes but because of something extra.
Ideological formations rely on an extra, nonrational nugget that goes beyond what we know to produce our sense of who we are and what the world is for us.
Again, the idea of enjoyment as a political factor is that some contingent element of reality takes on a special, excessive role and so attaches us to a socio-political formation.
In Zizek's words, this element "becomes elevated to the dignity of a Thing."
Ideological Formations
Enjoyment is a category that can help political theorists account for differences among ideological formations
Zizek differentiates among ideological formations in terms of enjoyment.
A primary task for the political theorist, then, is to grasp how a given formation organizes enjoyment.
Totalitarianism
So What About Lenin?
- ↑ Žižek, Slavoj. The Plague of Fantasies. London: Verso, 1997. p. 50
