[lbo-talk] religion

[Simon Huxtable]

Christian wrote:
I think there is something Zizekian to be said about
the pleasure of 
religious practice--something about the jouissance of
the 
something-or-other, or maybe just the other. The
thingamabetsy. Yeah, that's it. Doug, 
why don't you ask him about the pleasure of the Dalai
Lama (however you 
want to construe that "of")?

Zizek has written quite a few pieces on Buddhism (all
are probably searchable on Google)

-
> From Western Marxism to Western Buddhism, Cabinet,
Issue 2 Spring 2001

When Straight Means Weird and Psychosis is Normal
(essentially the same as the first piece).

Human Rights and Its Discontents

Also, the new preface to 'For they know not what they
do' has an interesting analysis of Zen Buddhism, Japan
and DT Suzuki.

Simon

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