Tag Archives: Slavoj Žižek

I Wear A Mask That Looks Like Me

Earlier today I linked to an article at the Daily Mail regarding a study on what was termed “correspondance bias.” Turns out there’s some discussion on whether that’s a good use of the term. The second part of the comment sent me to Pete Rollins’ latest book, Insurrection: To Believe is Human, To Doubt, Divine. …

January 18, 2012 – 12:04 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Pages, Pixels | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Utterly Deplorable

I’ve been meaning to write on the recent outrage regarding United States Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters, though GOOD’s Cord Jefferson beat me to it. I’ve been thinking about it in light of Slavoj Žižek’s thoughts in Violence: Six Sideways Reflections, where he posits that what’s needed in our world is not less violence, but …

January 13, 2012 – 4:56 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Ballots, Frames, Pages, Pixels | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)