{"id":6618,"date":"2024-04-28T02:51:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/?p=6618"},"modified":"2024-04-28T02:51:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T00:51:04","slug":"slavoj-zizek-we-are-addicted-to-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.psyched.be\/wordpress\/video\/slavoj-zizek-we-are-addicted-to-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Slavoj \u017di\u017eek: We are addicted to chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y2u_wiqYK2Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <br \/> Florence Read meets Slavoj Zizek.<\/p>\n<p>Read the accompanying article: https:\/\/unherd.com\/thepost\/slavoj-zizek\/<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the podcast: https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/lockdowntv-with-freddie-sayers\/slavoj-zizek-we-are-addicted-to-chaos<\/p>\n<p>In his new book &#8216;Surplus Enjoyment: A Guide for the Non-Perplexed&#8217;, psychoanalyst and Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues that Western decadence has reached a point of no return. When it comes to the simultaneous crises of climate change, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, he asserts, only a cooperative global effort will steer us away from catastrophe. But have the culture wars weakened the West too much to regain order in disordered times? Slavoj Zizek joined UnHerd&#8217;s Florence Read, live from his home in Slovenia, to discuss the cure for chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Follow UnHerd on social media:<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/unherd<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unherd\/<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unherd\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@unherdtv<\/p>\n<p>\/\/ TIMECODES \/\/<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; 00:49 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n00:49 &#8211; 09:24 &#8211; Slavoj Zizek explains the concept of \u2018surplus enjoyment\u2019, and how we escape it<br \/>\n09:24 &#8211; 12:45 &#8211; How does Zizek view the role of Big Pharma during the pandemic?<br \/>\n12:45 &#8211; 19:05 &#8211; What should NATO\u2019s role be?<br \/>\n19:05 &#8211; 23:57 &#8211; Is Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine comparable to Hitler\u2019s expansionist Germany?<br \/>\n23:58 &#8211; 26:02 &#8211; Should the West defend Taiwan if China invades?<br \/>\n26:02 -31:52 &#8211; Slavoj Zizek on Jordan Peterson and woke culture<br \/>\n31:52 &#8211; 41:30 &#8211; Is the real threat a coalition between Western Right-wingers and authoritarians like Putin?<br \/>\n41:30 &#8211; 46:21 &#8211; Is the solution to return to tradition?<br \/>\n46:21 &#8211; 47:18 &#8211; With energy and water being rationed, is the West seeing the results of its failed ideologies?<br \/>\n47:18 &#8211; 49:44 &#8211; What is Slavoj Zizek\u2019s definition of communism?<br \/>\n49:44 &#8211; 51:51 &#8211; Are we addicted to chaos?<br \/>\n51:51 &#8211; 55:47 &#8211; Should we be expelling the symbols of surplus enjoyment from our societies?<br \/>\n55:47 &#8211; 57:06 &#8211; Concluding thoughts<\/p>\n<p>#UnHerd #Slavoj\u017di\u017eek #SurplusEnjoyment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florence Read meets Slavoj Zizek. 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