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Violence | Slavoj Žižek | Talks at Google

Slavoj Zizek discusses his book Violence in an Authors@Google talk in New York. He covers ideology, including his idea of the unknown knowns.

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Recommended as a relatively clear introduction to Zizek's thinking, especially his account of ideology and unknown knowns.

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This. The philosopher Zizek has a great bit about the "unknown knowns" (the quadrant Rumsfeld wasn't smart enough to articulate). Meaning, of course, the unperceived fabric of Western ideology -- that works far better than explicit propaganda ever could. Here is exactly when he starts …
taliesinb on Hacker News · 2012-06
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Watch this video of Žižek talking about the "unknown knowns" of ideology to understand why this is such a big deal: [VIDEO]
sneak on Hacker News · 2012-06
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This concept has been developed very well, imo, by people like Zizek. I honestly don't care much for his political follies or his real academic research- when it comes to discussing ideology, he's doing the best outreach bar none. Here's him giving a talk at …
RodericDay on Hacker News · 2015-11
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