"“Here we encounter the Lacanian difference between reality and the Real: ‘Reality’ is the social reality of the actual people involved in interaction and in the productive processes, while the Real is the inexorable ‘abstract’, spectral logic of capital that determines what goes on in social reality. One can experience this gap in a palpable way when one visits a country where life is obviously in shambles. We see a lot of ecological decay and human misery. However, the economist’s report that one reads afterwards informs us that the country’s economic situation is ‘financially sound’ – reality doesn’t matter, what matters is the situation of capital”-Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian philosopher -The Violence.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:59:55 +0000
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