sexta-feira, 22 de maio de 2009

Derrida and Zizek: totality and its remainder

Interesting thought of Tony Myers in "Slavoj Zizek", London, Routledge, 2003, col. "Critical Thinkers" (p. 116):

"IF DERRIDA'S WORK CAN BE CHARACTERIZED AS AN EXTENDED ANALYSIS OF THE NON-IDENTITY OF TIME WITH ITSELF, IT IS EQUALLY POSSIBLE TO CHARACTERIZE ZIZEK'S WHOLE OEUVRE AS A COMMENTARY ON THE LACK OF IDENTITY WITH ITSELF. THEY ARE BOTH DEALING WITH A LACK OF BALANCE, A CONSTITUTIVE "OUT-OF-JOINTNESS" OF THE TOTALITY. FOR EACH OF THEM, THERE IS ALWAYS AN ELEMENT OF THE WHOLE THAT "STICKS OUT" AND MARS THE INTEGRITY OF THAT WHOLE."

This is a very interesting introduction (in many aspects, very basic, but in the good sense of the word) to Zizek's thought, until 2003 of course.


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