Žižek questions the religious impulse and hunt in further into his notion of religious atheism as a response to techno-singularity. What is more, Žižek also announces his new theoretical book "The Incontinence of the Void" that is to be expected in Fall 2017.
Zizek's latest book 'Disparities' is now available on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2eVvyWl
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Lecture delivered on March 2nd, 2017 at UCLA.
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‘Perhaps it’s an attempt to answer the huge unanswered question, the dirty secret of the art world: what is art actually for?’ AA First Year Lunchtime Lecture introduced by Valentin Bontjes van Beek. ‘… six weeks ago we were in a cab crossing the Thames on our way back to Notting Hill with Brian Eno and Diego Cortez – we’d just seen the Gerhard Richter and Pipilotti Rist shows. Brian was discussing the contents of a book project he has been talking about for a number of years: “… an attempt to answer the huge unanswered question, the dirty secret of the art world: what is art actually for?” … I think this would make a really inspiring talk for the First Year students …’. Hear the lecture below :
Deleuze admits his fascination with spiders, ticks, and fleas, indicating that even his hatred for certain animals is nourished by his fascination. The first thing that fascinates him, and distinguishes what makes an "animal", is that every animal has an extraordinary, limited world, reacting to very few stimuli (he discusses the restricted world of ticks in some detail), and Deleuze is fascinated by the power of these worlds. Then a second thing that distinguishes an animal is that it also has a territory (Deleuze indicates that with Guattari, he developed a nearly philosophical concept about territory). Constituting a territory is nearly the birth of art: in making a territory, it is not merely a matter of defecatory and urinary markings, but also a series of postures (standing/sitting for an animal), a series of colors (that an animal takes on), a song [un chant]. These are the three determinants of art: colors, lines, the song --, says Deleuze, art in its pure state.
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In 1971, at the altitude of the Vietnam War and at a time of huge political and social instability, two of the world's leading intellectuals, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, were invited by Dutch philosopher Fons Elders to debate an age-old question: is there such a thing as "innate" human nature independent of our experiences and external influences? The subsequent discourse is a standout amongst the most unique, provocative, and unconstrained trades to have happened between contemporary thinkers, or more all fills in as a compact prologue to their fundamental speculations. What starts as a philosophical contention established in phonetics (Chomsky) and the hypothesis of information (Foucault), soon advances into a more extensive dialog incorporating an extensive variety of points, from science, history, and behaviorism to innovativeness, flexibility, and the battle for equity in the domain of legislative issues. Notwithstanding the level headed discussion itself, this volume highlights a recently composed presentation by noted Foucault researcher John Rajchman and incorporates extra content by Noam Chomsky. Watch the video below : |
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