Slavoj Žižek about whether or not he considers himself part of the humanist tradition.
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#lacan #althusser #antihumanism #germanidealism #schelling #light #lightofreason #dark #freud #ego #unconscious #mysticism #medievalmystics #nightofhteworld #hegel #night "radical darkness of self-destructive negativity" #deathdrive #immortality #livingdead #posthumanism #materialism
about object-oriented ontology: "Their world is the world of objects. Subject is just one among objects. [...] Massive return to old realist ontology. And for me that's way too arrogant."
Slavoj Žižek: "[...]Universalism. How to get a true universality? ... Which will not be exclusive.
Okay, my brutal answer, I don't have time to develop it now, is that every universality is exclusive and that's what's good about it."
source: Axworthy Distinguished Lecture Series on Social Justice and the Public Good, University of Winnipeg, April, 18, 2019 ( • Axworthy Lecture: Thin... )