Hegel in a Wired Brain
Slavoj Žižek
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Jul 2, 202628 July 2020
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In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of G.W.F. Hegel, Slavoj Žižek speaks to Shahidha Bari about the philosophical giant that changed our way of thinking about posthumanism. Published by Intelligence Squared
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The transcript features a philosophical conversation exploring Hegel's concept of failure and contingency, the implications of the technological singularity and wired brain on human subjectivity, eroticism, and freedom. It critically examines how technology might erase essential human dimensions like failure, unconsciousness, and desire, while reflecting on the persistence of subjectivity as an empty form beyond inner life. The discussion also touches on COVID-19, ethics, and modern feminism.
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