Home and Radical Evil
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Zizek examines modern evil through a multitude of variations on a single motive: home is evil. For Zizek, evil is not primarily a property of persons but evil has to be defined in topological terms. Evil is a certain place.
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The transcript explores the concept of evil as a topological and psychoanalytic phenomenon, emphasizing its relation to home, desire, and law. Drawing on Kant, Lacan, and popular culture, it analyzes the split between public law and its obscene superego underside, the nature of ideological interpellation, and strategies to confront racism and social transgression. The speaker proposes over-identification as a subversive tactic against hidden societal laws.
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