(UNLOCKED) SHORT SESSIONS: SUPERPOSITIONS & ENLIGHTENED DOOMSAYING

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of Žižek's work on Quantum Physics and political theory, discussing concepts like superpositions and enlightened doomsaying.

Alright, today’s episode is part of our SERIES on Žižek’s Quantum History and we’re taking a look at superpositions and enlightened doomsaying. How does Žižek's work on Quantum Physics relate to his political work? Was Žižek just "wrong" about the pandemic? At the level of factual truth, maybe. What is Enlightened Doomsaying? To prevent the end, do we have to act as if it has already happened? Does the collapse of the wave function come first? Is history just a "premiere" that retroactively creates its own rehearsals? Why do we fail to prevent catastrophes we already know are coming? We’re discussing War Communism, the Doomsday Clock, and why "knowing" isn't the same as "believing" through the work of Slavoj Žižek, Agon Hamza, Alenka Zupančič, and Jean-Pierre Dupuy, where subjective truth often requires the form of factual untruth. 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 continuing the series...with some special guests! See you in Paris, Ž&...

Topics covered

• Quantum Physics
• Political Theory
• Doomsaying
• History
• Catastrophes
• Slavoj Žižek

Keywords

• Žižek
• Quantum History
• Doomsday Clock
• War Communism
• catastrophes
• subjective truth
• factual untruth

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