About this episode
The episode explores the implications of quantum physics in the work of Slavoj Žižek, focusing on the concept of history and its broken possibilities.
Alright, welcome back to Žižek & So On , we’re beginning our new series on Quantum Physics in the work of Slavoj Žižek and for this week we have a SHORT SESSION taking a look at some of the work leading up to Žižek’s Quantum History. What does it mean for history to progress if every forward movement leaves something broken behind? Can a crushed possibility haunt the present? How does retroactivity work when Žižek is talking about QUANTUM HISTORY, is everything up for grabs? Where are all the dead birds? Short sessions, variable length sessions, however you wanna put it, in these episodes we’ll wrap them up because of something that is said, rather than the tyranny of the clock. Up next we’re talking superpositions…with some special guests! See you in Paris, Ž&...
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Host: Žižek & So On
Topics covered
- Quantum Physics
- Slavoj Žižek
- history
- progress
- retroactivity
- superpositions
Keywords
- quantum history
- progress
- retroactivity
- superpositions
- Slavoj Žižek
- philosophy
- culture
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