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The Commodification of Rebellion

Anton wrote 3 months ago: “Beauty is in the Streets,” May 1968 In Western society, youthful “rebellion … more →

Tags: critical theory, Political Philosophy, 1968, Protest, Student Activism, Commodification

Žižek and Consumption as Experience

Travis Warren Cooper wrote 4 months ago: Watch this: And read this, from Slavoj Žižek’s First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: At the level o … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Theory, consumerism, consumption, zizek, follow the frog, Ecology

drvy wrote 1 year ago: if cultural capitalism doesnt divide the shit outta our society before the age of youtube, I cudnt p … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

The Macro-Problem of Helping Others3 comments

David Park wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes you can use Scripture to interpret Scripture and it can be very enlightening, but other ti … more →

Tags: Economics, capitalism, Charity, communism, consumption, Slavoj Zizek

Sentimental Capitalism

doctorsara wrote 1 year ago: I watched a talk by Salvoj Zizek the other day on the RSA network (have you seen the RSA talks? They … more →

Tags: For Students, critical theory, Sentimentality, structures of feeling, Gwendolyn Brooks, Slavoj Zizek, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Oscar Wilde, Socialism

Evening thoughtfulness

emingtonemsworthy wrote 2 years ago: So I’m far too busy to actually write something but Richard posted this video on Facebook and … more →

Tags: musings, Slavoj Zizek, First as Tragedy Then as Farce, Journal of Žižek Studies, Charity

Last Day at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle

armandomanzano wrote 2 years ago: March 19th, 2011 ….Final call for the trip…. Finally the day has come! We had everything … more →

Tags: Slavoj Zizek, Cruz de Huanacaxtle

PART TEN The Archive and the Record: Memory, Obsession, the Discourse of the Miser and the Dustbin of History

charmofthereal wrote 2 years ago: “The Creation of the World did not happen once and for all—but happens every day.” Gone are the days … more →

Tags: The Archive and The Record, the archived self, archived self, novelty, self re-creation, Self Creation, Genesis, ideological injunction, paycheque

Carnival of Commercialisation

soyluv wrote 2 years ago: This post was written in 2008 and originally appeared on the first incarnation of the “Caribbe … more →

Tags: trinidad, soca, Trinidad Carnival, Carnival, trinidad and tobago culture

Cultural capitalism at it's sickest: Groupon fails bigtime

Gaiapunk wrote 2 years ago: Permaculture Politics: by @gaiapunk Okay, I didn’t watch the superbowl but I did watch a coupl … more →

Tags: permaculture economics, Permaculture News, philosophy permacultue, savoj zizek, Groupon, superbowl ad

Fall Fashion Roundup

aestheticdepth wrote 2 years ago: This animated short featuring Slavoj Zizek has me thinking about cultural capitalism and fashion. To … more →

Tags: frankenstein, Fashion, Mustache, unicorn

culture stuff :: žižek <3

fortheartofit wrote 2 years ago: getting pretty amped for tonight, woot! “I want to develop a very simply, linear line of thoug … more →

Tags: advertising, Culture, Trends, Slovenia, Marketing, Behavior, zizek, Slavoj Zizek, the rsa

RSA Animate: First as Tragedy, Then as Farse

Holly Czuba wrote 2 years ago: I love these RSA Animate videos!  I saw this the other day and found it pretty interesting.  I don … more →

Tags: Society & Culture, Art & Design, rsa animate, Slavoj Zizek, Philosophy, Charity, cultural theory, Morality, ethics

A Hasty Reaction to this Žižek Video3 comments

karlo mikhail wrote 2 years ago: What I find here interesting is Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek’s elevation of postmodernism or w … more →

Tags: Theoria, Politics, revolution, Imperialism, Slavoj Zizek, zizek, capitalism, Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth

Capitalism, Radical Change, and Charity

questionbeggar wrote 2 years ago: I haven’t though carefully about the revolution against capitalism in a long time, but some ve … more →

Tags: ethics, Economics, capitalism, Marxism, democracy, Liberalism, Socialism, Charity, revolution

Taylor Swift, you don't know a goddamned thing about my life.3 comments

Southern Comfort wrote 3 years ago: Or anyone else’s, for that matter. My little sister has begun telling me about her growing adu … more →

Tags: Taylor Swift, crappy pop music, Big Machine Records, You belong with me

The Trouble with Culture

soyluv wrote 4 years ago: Part rant, part retrospective, part pissed off-ness for my friend… The trouble with culture is … more →

Tags: Trini, trinidad, Culture, soca, west indian culture, Caribbean Culture, Trinidad and Tobago, trinidad and tobago culture, Island Life

Cultural capitalism1 comment

jamesemcnally wrote 4 years ago: Dartmouth College is just across the river and I have a couple friends enrolled, so I meet undergrad … more →

Tags: Political Drivel, Amherst, dartmouth, Dartmouth College, Undergraduates, Townie, Townies, comfort, cultural capital


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