This difference is crucial in its political consequences: insofar as the libidinal structure of totalitarian regimes is perverse (the totalitarian subject assumes the position of the object-instrument of the Others jouissance), Sade as the truth of Kant would mean that Kantian ethics effectively harbors totalitarian potentials; however, insofar as we conceive of Kantian ethics as precisely prohibiting the subject to assume the position of the object-instrument of Others jouissance, i.e. to calling on him to assume full responsibility for what he proclaims his Duty, then Kant is the antitotalitarian par excellence... (Slavoj Zizek - Al menos, cuando no le pagan para hablar. A confesión de parte...).
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:58:32 +0000
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