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Lacan says that the obsession to know oneself is in itself a pathology — for him, the opposition of knowing oneself is not just to act intuitively, it's something different. His point is that instead of probing into yourself, dedicate yourself to an external cause. You are not cured when you can say: "Now I can tell a complete story about myself!" ... The point is not to ease your suffering, but to move out of these categories ... and, to discover things .... that are more important than your suffering or pleasure."
— Slavoj Žižek.
Why is everything for continentals "become a Marxist, only then you're living and doing right"?
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You can take what he said in a non marxist way anon
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>>8695507
>and, to discover things .... that are more important than your suffering or pleasure."
Communism in a busted nut shell
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>>8695491
I don't know what is particularly Markist about what he said. You find a cause that makes the suffering in life worthwhile in the end. It doesn't seem political to me really
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>>8695531
Le Utilitarian man
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>>8695532
We all know which cause he's implying and would be the best to pursue.
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>>8695561
We do? I didn't catch a necessarily Marxist insinuation. Perhaps you did
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wtf I'm a Marxist now
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>>8695537
How would you divine to utilize me master comrade?
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>>8695589
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Psychotic behaviour, not even once.
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>>8695561
Not necessarily, collectivist causes are broad: classism, racism, nationalism, etc, etc... identifying with anything outside of oneself is a pathological action and active of aggression against real individuals
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>>8695532
Are you being deliberately obtuse? Or do you not know that Zizek is a diehard Marxist and whose philosophy invariably ties back to Marxism whatever path it takes?
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>>8695667
whatever
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