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?Miz Julia? sleeps with?.Foucault
2007-05-01 15:19:00
OK, so by now you’ve probably all heard of this women who sleep with a bunch of powerful men in DC for money. Her name is Deborah Jeane Palfrey, AKA, Miz Julia . From WashingtonPost.com: The little that is known about Palfrey comes from court records in California and Washington, interviews with acquaintances and a series of ...
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Where?s Nietzsche today?
2007-04-30 18:39:00
Here is a recent BBC video on Frederick Nietzsche . Notice that all the English speaking commentators are biographers and translators. The only Nietzschean commentator is a german speaking fellow named, Ralph Eichberg. Here is a classic example of how Nietzsche has been marginalized in contemporary theory among pretty much anyone who’s not German. Really, as far as ...
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David Lynch Documentary
2007-04-30 00:14:00
What will probably be the most entertaining documentary since Zizek! (2005), Lynch — A documentary on David Lynch — is in post-production. From the makers - “Compiled from over two years of footage, the film is an intimate portrait of Lynch?s creative process as he completes his latest film, INLAND EMPIRE. We are with him as ...
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Paris Hilton Autopsy
2007-04-29 21:40:00
To promote safe, non-drunk, driving during this year’s prom season, Capla Kesting Fine Art presents Paris Hilton Autopsy. “Paris Hilton’s naked corpse could provide an invaluable service to students preparing for prom this season.” (PRNewswire, 4.26.07) Is this a joke? A. This is probably the most glamorous portrayal of drunk driving ever. B. Why Paris Hilton? NEWS FLASH: High-schoolers love ...
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Interview With Todd McGowan
2007-03-13 04:24:00
Interview With Todd McGowan , author of The Real Gaze: Film Theory After Lacan (SUNY Press, 2006) Todd McGowan is an Associate Professor at the University of Vermont and an accomplished writer on Lacanian psychoanalysis and film theory. Some of his publications include, The Impossible David Lynch (Columbia University Press, 2007) Lacan and Contemporary Film (Other ...
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The Title Of The Letter
2007-03-08 05:45:04
Did you know about The Title Of The Letter by Jean-Luc Nancy and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe? That it is a reading of Lacan? Did you know that both Jacques Derrida and Jacques Lacan are quoted on the inside cover of this book. AND THAT THEY BOTH RECOMMEND IT? Well we didn’t know this either. The authors clarify that this actually is not a complete reading of Lacan….just of Lacan’s seminal essay “The Agency of the Letter in the Unconscious or Reason Since Freud”. Order The Title Of The Letter off Amazon. Derrida’s quote: “And for a rigorous reading of Lacan I refer to the fundamental and indispensable book by Jean-Luc Nancy and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, The Title of the Letter.” Lacan’s quote: “I advise you to read a book called The Title of the Letter. It is the greatest satisfaction that I have read it. I could not encourage it’s distribution enough. I can say, in a way, if it is a question of reading, that I have nev...

Jean Baudrillard Died
2007-03-08 05:45:04
Jean Baudrillard is perhaps one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th Century. Certainly one of the most read. He passed away yesterday, Tuesday March 06 2007. This is from the International Herald Tribune: Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher and social theorist known for his provocative commentaries on consumerism, excess and what he said was the disappearance of reality, died Tuesday, his publishing house said. He was 77. Baudrillard died at his home in Paris after a long illness, said Michel Delorme, of the Galilee publishing house. read full article
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Flashback: Blue Velvet
2007-03-06 11:42:01
At the core, Blue Velvet is a tale of a boy attempting to exploit the world of adulthood. The world of adult-hood is kept secret, but Jeffrey Beaumont (played by Kyle MacLachlan) using his investigative skills uncovers the layers. Below is a link to a clip of what Slavoj Zizek would refer to as “touching the real” (quite literally here), when Frank (played by Dennis Hopper) assaults Jeffrey. Jeffrey confronts the unbearable real, which is also the fantasy he seeks to uncover in adulthood. Blue Velvet Clip Note that through-out Blue Velvet, not one adult is the least bit scared or worried about the behavior of Frank and Dorothy (played by Isabella Rossellini). It is as if they too harbor this mentality but keep it well hidden. This thesis is even more confirmed by the opening scene of Jeffery’s father collapsing while watering something, and the hose continues to spray water as if coming out of his pelvic region. This can only elude to a power working through the s...
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Sex With Text launches online academic journal
2007-03-05 23:41:02
Friends, We are pleased to announce the official launching of Sex With Text — An academic journal for philosophy and psychoanalysis. Our journal is an online journal. All articles will be posted, and archived on this website. We will publish one article a month, to begin in the month of April. We urge you to visit our submit manuscript page, read our guidelines, and email your manuscript if you would like to be published under Sex With Text. With Regard, Nicholas Scipione Chief Editor
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In Defense of Lost Causes
2007-03-05 23:41:02
Despite having 2 books simultaneously published in January, Slavoj Zizek has another book to be released this summer, called In Defense of Lost Cause s . Lacan.com gives this summary: Is global emancipation a lost cause? Are universal values outdated relics of an earlier age? In the postmodern world, ideologies of all kinds have been cast in doubt. In this combative new work, renowned theorist Slavoj Zizek takes on the reigning postmodern agenda with a manifesto for several ?lost causes.? From a provocative redemption of Heidegger?s engagement with the Third Reich as ?a right step in the wrong direction? to reasserting class struggle as the underlying reality of global capitalism, to a defense of the emancipatory legacy of Christianity against New Age spiritualism, Zizek confronts the failures of contemporary theory and proposes unexpected resolutions. Pre-order this book on Amazon.
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Looking Glasses and Neverlands
2007-03-05 23:41:02
University of Iowa Press will release Karen Coat’s book, Looking Glass es and Neverlands, in paperback form on March 15, 2007. Looking Glasses and Neverlands is a Lacanian analysis of children’s literature. It’s a wonder that more studies have not been committed to children’s literature with regard to Lacan. It is Lacan who pushed the subjectivity and fantasies of a child beyond the realm of the Freudian family and into language. Children’s literature is a prime candidate for identity formation and desire. Pre-order this book on Amazon.
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Things We Don?t Understand And Definately Are Not Going To Talk About
2007-03-05 23:41:02
Miranda July?s live performance, Thing s We Don’t Understand And Definately Are Not Going To Talk About , is “a tale of heartbreak and obsession that is so familiar you could tell it yourself.” (MirandaJuly.com) We haven’t seen this performance, but if anyone has, tell us about it. Miranda July is said to bring people from the audience and incorporate them into her performance. Immediately John Cage’s composition of 4′33″ in 1952 comes to mind. In his performance he did not play a single note and relied purely on the subtle noises of the audience. Miranda July and John Cage share this Nietzschean / Deleuzean attitude where the becoming of chance is the focus of the artwork. For a great example of how chance works in media and art try listening to Miranda July’s album, 10 Million Hours in a Mile.