Laibach and Think of Lublajana
This week's New Yorker has a profile of Slavoj Zizek, but it's not (yet?) available on their site. I first heard of him when my sister emailed me Welcome to the Desert of the Real a few days after its publication in 2001. Its irreverent tone was like a slap in the face back then, but it still has some weight to its analysis of America's own shock and awe. A fuller bibliography shows Zizek's much wider interests, including pop culture. He's a philosopher-theoretician who ran for the Presidency of Slovenia and lost, who was offered a cabinet position but refused to consider anything but Minister of the Interior or Chief of the Secret Police. He (a Lacanian) says that:
The great battle in Slovenian politics is between the Lacanians, who run the civil service, and the Heideggerians, who dominate the military.
Maybe Slovenia won't be such a bad place to live when Americans all live in permanent anticipation of terror alerts.
On Monday expect clear skys with highs in the 70s, lows in the 40s, and a code in the yellow/orange range. Tuesday and Wednesday some clouds will move in and the high temperatures will not get much above 60. The code will be blue/green or lavender and will depend much on the development of a low pressure trough currently forming in the gulf. To close out the week there are various doomsday scenarios developing on the east and west coasts, temps could rise into the low thousands, code will be red (rum) red (rum) red (rum), and those with safe houses in New Zealand should make travel arrangements now.
Cheering up is in your future.
Laura (Riding) Jackson on Lacan
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This week's New Yorker has a profile of Slavoj Zizek, but it's not (yet?) available on their site. I first heard of him when my sister emailed me Welcome to the Desert of the Real a few days after its publication in 2001. Its irreverent tone was like a slap in the face back then, but it still has some weight to its analysis of America's own shock and awe. A fuller bibliography shows Zizek's much wider interests, including pop culture. He's a philosopher-theoretician who ran for the Presidency of Slovenia and lost, who was offered a cabinet position but refused to consider anything but Minister of the Interior or Chief of the Secret Police. He (a Lacanian) says that:
Maybe Slovenia won't be such a bad place to live when Americans all live in permanent anticipation of terror alerts.
- bruno 4-29-2003 6:55 am
On Monday expect clear skys with highs in the 70s, lows in the 40s, and a code in the yellow/orange range. Tuesday and Wednesday some clouds will move in and the high temperatures will not get much above 60. The code will be blue/green or lavender and will depend much on the development of a low pressure trough currently forming in the gulf. To close out the week there are various doomsday scenarios developing on the east and west coasts, temps could rise into the low thousands, code will be red (rum) red (rum) red (rum), and those with safe houses in New Zealand should make travel arrangements now.
- jimlouis 4-30-2003 1:08 am
Cheering up is in your future.
- jimlouis 4-30-2003 6:39 am
Laura (Riding) Jackson on Lacan
- frank 5-01-2003 8:30 am