This dissertation offers a reading of slavoj zizeks recent play antigone, first. Since the publication of lacans ethics seminar in english, slavoj zizek has taken up. Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which. In forging this new materialism, zizek critiques and challenges not only the work of alain badiou, robert brandom, joan copjec, quentin meillassoux, and julia kristeva to. Slavoj zizek antigone, bloomsbury academic, 2016, 72. Zizek, a lacanian antigone the heroine, not the play has been presented as a paradigm for a psychoanalyticallyshaped politics. What if creon, the representative of state power, also has a valuable point to make. Graham harman is distinguished professor of philosophy at sciarc. Antigone slavoj zizek antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity more important than all political struggles. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Political representation in slavoj zizeks antigone.
Lacans antigone, zizeks antigone, psychoanalysis and politics. Lacan ends the ethics seminar mentioned above with an extended discussion of antigone s act. Come here to discuss and debate the giant of ljubljana, slavoj zizek. Zizek s project in rewriting antigone is theoretical, rather than aesthetic.
In this paper i will analyse two contemporary readings of sophocles antigone. Political representation in slavoj zizeks antigone and marvel studios black panther. Antigone no subject encyclopedia of psychoanalysis. As zizek puts it himself in the introduction to the play, only one thing is sure. A collection of talks, debates and speeches of slavoj zizek. But shakespearean tragedy is a more illuminating guide here than its ancient greek predecessor. Trumps coronavirus address, blooper reel included the daily show duration. Lacans reading of antigone under the heading of an ethics of desire. Zizek s antigone not only repositions antigone as a revolutionary political figure, it alters the narrative of the play itself.
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In the most rigorous articulation of his philosophical system to date, slavoj zizek provides nothing short of a new definition of dialectical materialism. Antigone by slavoj zizek 9781474269377 antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity more important than all political struggles. In the influential work of slavoj zizek, a lacanian antigone the heroine, not the play has been presented as a paradigm for a psychoanalyticallyshaped politics of the radical act. Antigone, and paternal authority in relationship to jacques lacan, alain badiou, sigmund freud. Slavoj zizek antigone slavoj zizek while it is common practice in contemporary theatre to recontextualize a piece of work, the riskier and slavoj zizek would argue more faithful approach might be to change the actual story itself. Lacans antigone, zizeks antigone, psychoanalysis and. Antigone, by slavoj zizek exactly how a basic concept by reading can enhance you to be a successful individual. What if creon, the representative of state power, also has a valuable point. Pdf 21073374 zizek slavoj looking awry an introduction.
Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity more important than all political struggles. On slavoj zizek s interpretation of antigone, paper at globalizationand beyond conference, rotterdam, june, unpublished ms. Read and download ebook download antigone pdf download antigone pdf download antigone by by slavoj zizek antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to the state power which oversteps its legitimate scope and as the defender of simple human dignity more important than all political struggles. Slavoj zizek is a slovene sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic. From antigone to joan of arc by zizek, slavoj helios. The broad compass of his theorizing, his deliberately provocative style, and his tendency to leaven his works with humor made him a popular figure in the western intellectual left. Antigone as revolutionary in judith butler and zizek.
Slavoj zizek argues that the neoliberalism died twice. Continental philosophy and the future of christian theology. His version shows three endings to the antigone storyin a really compact space, only about 30 pages of actual play. Two significant exceptions are antigone and electra. Antigone as a revolutionary in judith butler and slavoj zizek. Slavoj zizek, slovene philosopher and cultural theorist whose works addressed themes in psychoanalysis, politics, and popular culture. It seems that you cant believe, or even coherently imagine, everything you hear about slavoj zizek. Both readings stem from a psychoanalytical lacanian approach in order to face social and political. The ideas constipation introduction part i the symptom 1 how did marx invent the symptom. Zizek s rewriting of this classic play confronts these issues in a practical way.
They will certainly like to invest their spare time to talking or socializing. Antigone is universally celebrated as the ultimate figure of ethical resistance to. Antigone bloomsbury press 2016, against the double blackmail penguin books 2015. His inventive, provocative body of work mixes hegelian metaphysics, lacanian psychoanalysis, and marxist dialectic in order to challeng. The daily show with trevor noah recommended for you.