> I saw The Examined Life last night. It's
> directed by Astra Taylor, who did Zizek! a couple
> years ago. In this movie she and a small crew
> film a number of thinkers walking (in one case
> rowing) and talking about life and
> philosophy. Zizek is in it and delivers a
> critique of environmentalism in a garbage
> dump. He says we're not alienated enough from
> nature and that we need "a much more terrifying abstract materialism"
>
> Another favorite line for me was from Avital
> Ronell, who I didn't know before this movie. She
> says "If you have a good conscience, then you're worthless."
>
> Here's a bit from an interview with Taylor:
>
>
> http://www.nplusonemag.com/time-real
I stumbled over some of the clips from Zizek's piece on youtube. Don't know where just yet, but there are only so many youtubes of Zizek so should be easy to find.
Ha. not only is youtube like Kleenex (a brand that became a generic stand in) but you can also verb it.
shag
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