Nomadic proletarians? No, thanks!
Slavoj Žižek
Jonathan
Jul 2, 202630 April 2019
Vote
Part 2 of “Discord Under Heaven: A Masterclass with Slavoj Zizek” Birkbeck, University of London
Transcript
Summary
The transcript explores complex political, historical, and philosophical themes including the challenges of communism, capitalism's total subsumption of labor and life, and the marginalization of nomadic proletarians and refugees. It reflects on Platonov's literary portrayal of dispossessed groups, Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, and the contradictions within capitalist investment in human capital. The discussion also addresses freedom, social integration, and the difficulties of revolutionary change in contemporary global contexts.
Open the interactive transcript
Search every word, jump to any moment, and follow along with the audio.