UNLOCKED - They Live
An episode of the Žižek And So On podcast, hosted by …and so on., titled "UNLOCKED - They Live " was published on February 17, 2022 and runs 46 minutes.
February 17, 2022 ·46m · Žižek And So On
Summary
Unlocked from our PATREON We're live with They Live—our episode on Žižek's famous interpretation of John Carpenter's wonderful 1988 film. We touch on Ž's points concerning "the glasses" of the critique of ideology versus the conventional notion of ideology—the rose colored glasses. We also think about the film as a Žižekian example, and push an interpretation of the film's alien beings as the "figure of" ideology. For more episodes and access to our Discord, join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zizekandsoon Oh, theres's a website too: https://www.zizekandsoon.com/
Episode Description
We're live with They Live—our episode on Žižek's famous interpretation of John Carpenter's wonderful 1988 film. We touch on Ž's points concerning "the glasses" of the critique of ideology versus the conventional notion of ideology—the rose colored glasses. We also think about the film as a Žižekian example, and push an interpretation of the film's alien beings as the "figure of" ideology.
For more episodes and access to our Discord, join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zizekandsoon
Oh, theres's a website too: https://www.zizekandsoon.com/
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