Žižek's Scatology

An episode of the Žižek And So On podcast, hosted by …and so on., titled "Žižek's Scatology" was published on August 19, 2024 and runs 58 minutes.

August 19, 2024 ·58m · Žižek And So On

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Summary

Alright, we’re back…plumbing the depths of psychoanalytic marxism! This week we discuss Slavoj Žižek’s Scatology through Adrian Johnston’s most recent book Infinite Greed: The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital. Jacques Lacan points out that we are born between urine and faeces, and that man is the only animal for whom waste disposal is a problem. What is the relationship between money and waste? Freud points out this strange coincidence of the highest form (gold) and the lowest (shit), so why is shit a gift that keeps on giving? What does all of this have to do with Japanese hamburgers & Marx? We’re talking the political and libidinal economy of shit from the Scatalogical Rites of Nations & the Interpretation of Dreams to Uncut Gems, Cool Runnings, & Laporte’s History of Shit. SUPPORT OUR WORK ON PATREON FOR MORE EPISODES AND INTERVIEWS! Up next we have two interviews with Adrian Johnston, & we’ll see you in Paris. Aufhebung(hole)!

Episode Description

Alright, we’re back…plumbing the depths of psychoanalytic marxism! This week we discuss Slavoj Žižek’s Scatology through Adrian Johnston’s most recent book Infinite Greed: The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital.

Jacques Lacan points out that we are born between urine and faeces, and that man is the only animal for whom waste disposal is a problem. What is the relationship between money and waste? Freud points out this strange coincidence of the highest form (gold) and the lowest (shit), so why is shit a gift that keeps on giving? What does all of this have to do with Japanese hamburgers & Marx?

We’re talking the political and libidinal economy of shit from the Scatalogical Rites of Nations & the Interpretation of Dreams to Uncut Gems, Cool Runnings, & Laporte’s History of Shit.

SUPPORT OUR WORK ON PATREON FOR MORE EPISODES AND INTERVIEWS!

Up next we have two interviews with Adrian Johnston, & we’ll see you in Paris.

Aufhebung(hole)!

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