Zizek! Page #2

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Let's see what's here,

because these are

the big format thing.

These are some early

"Mladina" from...

Ah, this is from

the dissident times.

Yes. Mid-'80s, I started

to write from time to time.

For two years,

some people even claim

that I was the most influential.

But then new political

divisions start,

and I was too combative,

attacking everyone.

This was me.

This was my fame.

I worked like crazy

at that time,

because I was writing

in English my first books.

I never wanted to endanger,

not even minimally, the theory,

which is why I was

never, never interested

in any kind of political career,

because it simply takes time.

Two days before the election,

there was a big round table

with all the candidates:

I don't know how much.

A right wing naive good guy,

but basically an idiot,

made a fatal mistake,

which everybody remembered.

Not even a mistake,

a kindness:

Namely, as usual,

as you can imagine,

I talked quite a lot,

too much,

and then this guy wanted

to censor me friendly,

and turned to me...

this was all live, big debate,

central TV.

"Listen, we all know

that your I.Q. Is twice as all

of us others combined,

but nonetheless, could you

let us a little bit to talk?"

But everybody remembered

that, you know?

You see?

Even they admit

that he is the bright guy.

I remember then, you know,

after it was over,

when the lights went off,

the cameras went off,

all other candidates started

to shout at this guy,

like "Are you idiot?

Are you crazy?"

Because then I jumped up

immediately

and almost got elected.

When I first visited the States,

I was shocked

by your toilets here.

"IDEOLOG Y"

Romanticism onwards.

That was the idea

of so-called European trinity...

Anglo-Saxon economy,

French politics,

German metaphysics,

poetry, philosophy...

as the basic...

how should I put it?...

spiritual stances of Europe.

Sorry. That's it.

French politics, revolutionary:

Sh*t should disappear

as soon as possible.

Anglo-Saxon/American:

Let's be pragmatic.

German metaphysic poetry, inspection:

You inspect,

you reflect on your sh*t.

So isn't it totally crazy

that in a vulgar,

common phenomenon like that

you find certain differences

which you truly cannot account

in any functional terms,

but you have to evoke all this.

I mean, you claim,

"Okay, I'm out of ideology

at a conference

post-ideological era."

Then you go to the toilet,

produce sh*t.

You are up to your sh*t,

or how do you put it

in ideology, no?

Who believes what today?

I think this is

an interesting question,

much more complex

than it may appear.

The first myth to be

abandoned, I think,

is the idea that we live

in a cynical era

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