Masterclass: Masterclass: Transcendental Subjectivity, Sexual Difference, Brain Sciences Part 2. The two classes will examine how Lacan’s teaching enables us to grasp sexual difference as the constitutive feature of transcendental subjectivity, plus how recent advances in brain sciences continue to rely on transcendental presuppositions. The question to be discussed is: how will the new results of brain sciences, as well as the digitalization of our lives, affect subjectivity, especially in i...

Part 1 of the Masterclass: Between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis Although psychoanalysis is not philosophy, its subversive dimension is grounded in the fact that it is not simply a particular science or practice but has radical consequences for philosophy: psychoanalysis is a “no” to philosophy that is internal to it, i.e., psychoanalytic theory refers to a gap/antagonism which philosophy blurs but which simultaneously grounds philosophy (Heidegger called this gap ontological difference). Wit...

Slavoj Žižek @ Left Forum 2016

Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours In this talk Pro­fessor Žižek will talk about his new book, Against the Double Black­mail: Refugees, Ter­ror and Other Troubles with the Neigh­bours. From within the safety of Europe Žižek argues we face two ver­sions of ideo­lo­gical black­mail – open-door solid­ar­ity with refugees and draw­bridge-minded pro­tec­tion­ism. Both pro­long the prob­lem – so, con­fron­ted with this double black­mail, we find ourselves back at the great ques...