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an interzone is a hybrid territory, yes like in the Burroughs novel of the same name.

"LOUIS ALTHUSSER builds on the work of Jacques Lacan to understand the way ideology functions in society. He thus moves away from the earlier Marxist understanding of ideology. In the earlier model, ideology was believed to create what was termed "false consciousness," a false understanding of...

cutting it up may not be the right approach, Josef

he's referring to Althusser's definition of ideology, Zizek I mean. Apologies if I threw this thread off but I've been sort of bored in here for the last couple weeks (for some reason...)

Zizek says this applies to everyone, even in cases where we don't realize it. I'll look up the citation later (don't have the course reader on me atm), but this is the response I wrote last week: "For Zizek, ideology is entirely external: it has nothing to do with "false consciousness," or any...

Zizek talks about this at length in The Sublime Object: capitalism relies on cynical subjects because they are more likely to "play along" with capitalist ideology even if they know they are being exploited. In other words, cynics like doing things they know are stupid/wrong/mostly stupid ;)

how do people feel about the IQ test as a measure of intelligence? I have some fundamental problems with it, especially the tests that rely heavily on word scrambles and other question types that seem to involve a degree of luck. As far as I'm concerned, there is no way to measure intelligence...

but I don't believe in much, or would never admit to it. Cynicism is almost enforced/required, that's what Zizek says, right?

i secretly hope it all goes under.

renaissance-era hermetics (Agrippa, Bruno, Paracelsus, John Dee) agree w/mutants, disagree w/ the Buddha Atlantis! ESP 2012 Ayahuasca aliens hyperspace DMT Salvia

The Shadow, starring Alec Baldwin. Classic!

not the case in Atlanta. here right wingers are bull headed. they always want to talk politics (retread issues like abortion, evolution, or gun control) yet, no matter how precisely you explain your point, they never seem to get it. you can try to explain evolution with as much neutrality as...

"How does one begin to write about motion, a process, in itself, that is always passing by, slipping away while attempts to capture it are made in words, on a map, or in notes (musical or otherwise)? Spaces of transition, such as hotel lobbies, bus depots, and highways, are difficult to capture...

"The culture wars, correctly conceived, actually reflects the clash between the intellectual establishment and the American people." that's one of the lamest things i've ever heard.

this Ayn Rand sounds like a compelling figure: "Ayn Rand was born in a dictatorial hell hole where she was forced into hard labour and everything was bad. Initially, she believed that this was as things should be. However, one day, in a lucent flash of enlightenment, she discovered two profound...

The Godfather vs. Beverly Hills Chihuahua

plus you have the Baudelaire/Poe essays, which might be considered part of that cycle (all of it was unpublished from what i understand, several hundred maybe 1000 pages worth). but that was Benjamin's technique. The recent collected writings series, which has many of the unpublished fragments...

Step Brothers is fucking hilarious (wrong thread, heh): "Barbara Walters, Oprah, your wife. You gotta fuck one, kill one, and marry one, go!" "Dr. Robert Doback: You jagaloons! You're failures! FAILURES! Brennan Huff: Hey, you're embarrassing yourself, you geriatric fuck! Nancy Huff...

in William S. Burroughs territory, who, btw, definitely thought humanity was doomed ;) by Burroughs territory I mean a universe that is topological, holographic, psychedelic, evil, incomprehensible, etc.

actually i don't believe in exteriority either. when in doubt, invoke the Klein Bottle: