Reason & "Paranoia" (was Re: Zizek within the limits of mere reason)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Ken:
>All attempts to formulate an effective crtical theory or secure some sort of
>epistemology are paranoiac (how do i know what i know?  can i be sure?
>what if
>the procedure is faulty?  maybe i should check again) The idea that reason is
>reflexive is a hallmark of paranoia.  The Kantian questions of the
>englightenment, what can i know, what ought i do and what can i hope
>for??? are
>all paranoid questions.

The notion that the system's truth necessarily emerges in its excess (in
the above case, that the truth of reason necessarily emerges in paranoia)
doesn't hold up unless you have already accepted the premise of
psychoanalysis.  It's an attempt at substituting an assertion for an
explanation.  Zizek falls into the very trap that he says we should avoid.

Yoshie