The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology PDF
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ThTei cklish Subject TheA bsenCte ntroef PolitOinctaoll ogy • SLAVOJ ZI:ZEK VERSO Lond•o Nne wYo rk Firpsutbs lhiebdyV er:>o1 999 © SlaZviozje1 k9 99 Paperbead©ci Sktfil iraopsZvniuto zb ije2ls 0kh0b e0.v V d e r2s0o0 0 Alrli grhets.e'r. ·ed Them orarli gohftt sha eu thhoarvb ee eans serted Verso UK: 6 MearSdt reLeotn,d Woln\ 3'H R US:1 08\ 'ar iSctkr eNeetwY, o rNYk ,1 0014-4606 Veristosh e imopfNr eiwLn etftB ooks ISB1N- 85984-291-7 BritishL ibraCrayt aloguini nPgu blicatiDoant a A catalroegcuofero tdrih bso oikas v ailfarbotlmhe eB ritLiisbhr ary Libraoryf C ongreCsast aginlog-in-PubliDcaattai on A catarleocgof rotdrh bioso ikas v ailfarbotlmhe e LiobfCr oanrgyr ess TypebsyeS te tSysLttedSm,as f fWraolnd eEns,s ex PrinbtyBe ddid iLetsdC u,i ldfanodKir ndg 'Lsy nn Contents IntroductAi Sopne:tc reI sH auntiWnegs terAnc ademi.a. . 1 PartI The 'Nighotf t heW orld' 7 TheD eadloocfkT ranscendeInmtaagli natioori\1.n,m, 1 inH eideggrr asa ReadeorfK ant 9 HeideggerPioalni ti(cDailEs n)gageemnt-Why DidB einagn d TirenR emaiUnnfi nishe-dT?h eT roublwei tThr anscentdaeln Imaginat-iTohne P assatgher oug.Mha dnes-sT heV iolence ofI maginat-iTohne M onsrtou-sKantw itDha viLdy nc-h KantA'cso smism 2 TheI leegliaTni cklSiusbfhe ct 70 V\11at 'INegs atioonfN egatni'o-?TheD ialectical Anamorpho-s3is,4 , -T5h eS peculaItdievteni toyfS ubstance andS ujbec-tTheH egeliFaonr ceCdh oic-e' Concrete Universal-i'tRayt'h etrh awna ntn othi.ng.. '- ' Inclumdee out!-'TowardsM aat eriaTlhiesotr y of Grace ParIt I TheS pliUtn iversality 125 3 TheP olitoifcT sr utho,r A,l aiBna dioaus a Readero fS tP aul 127 TheT rutEhv-ent. .-.. .a.nd I tsUn decdiabliiy-tTrutahn d Ideolo-gSytP auwli tBha dio-uB etweetnh eT wo Deahts - TheL acaniSaunjb ec-tTheM astert hoerA nalyst? 4 PoliStuijebccatli viaznIadtt Vsii ocni ssitud,es 171 BadioBua,l ibRaarn,c ie-rHee gemonayn dI tSsy mpto-ms Entetrh eS ubjecWth-yA reR ulinIgd eaNso tt heI deaosf ThosWeh o Rule-?TheP olitaincdaI lts D isavowaTlhse- (Mis)UosfeA sp peara-ncPeost-Po-liItsTi hcesrae ProgresEsuirvoec entr-iTshme?T hreUen iversals Multicultu-rFaolrai Lsemf tSiusstp ensoifot nh eL aw- The AmbiguiotfEy x cremenItadle ntificatEimobnr-acitnhgeA ct ParIItI F roSmu bjetcotS iuobnj eDcetsitviet ution24 5 5 Passiaotn(eD itst)aActhsom,reJ ,nu diBtuhta lers a R eadoefF rer ud 247 WhyP erversiIosNn o tS ubvers-iIodne ologIinctaelr pellation -FromR esistatnotc heeA ct-'TravertshieFn agn ta-sTyh'e MelanchoDloiucb le-B-iTnhde R eaolf S exuaDli ffer-ence MasochiDsetciecp t-ioFnr omD esitroeD riv.e. a.n dB ack 6 WhitOheepdrui s? 313 TheT hreFea the-rTsheD emisoefS ymbolEifcfi cienTchye- RisSko cieatnydI tEsn emi-eTsh e Unbeahgeinnt heR isk SocietIyt-'tsh eP oliEtciocnoamlSy t,u pi-dR!e turnisnt he Rea-lT heE mptLya w- FromP halltuots h eA c-t Beyontdh e Good Index 401 IntdruoctiAo Snp:e cItsHr aeu nting WesteArcna de.m.i.a . t.h es. pectorfet heC artessiuajbne cAtl.la cadempiocw erhsa vee netred intao holya lliantoce ex orcitzhei ssp ectrteh:e� ew Ageo bscurantist (whow anttso s upersetdhee' Cartespiaarna digtmo'w ardas n ewh olistic approha)ca nd tphoes tmodedrenc onrsutction(ifsowtrh om theC arte siasnu jbecitsa discsuirvfiec tioann,e ffceto fd ecentrteedx tumaelc hna issm);t heH abemrasiatnh eoroifsc to mmuniactio(nw hoi nssio snt a shift fromC artesmioanno logiscuajble citvittoyd iscsuirvient ersjue�icvtitayn)d theH eideggerpiraopno nenotf t het houghotfB ein(gw hos rtesstehse needt o' trarvseet'h eh orizoonf moderns ujbectivictuyl minatiinn g currernatv aigngn ihislm)i;t hec ognitsicvei einstt( whoe ndeavoutros provee mpiricatlhlayt thiesrn eo uniqusec enoef theS el,fj usat pandemonioufmc ompetifnorgc esa)n dt heD eepE colog(iwshtob lames Cartesmieanc hanicmiastte rialfiors pmr oivdintgh ep hilosophfioucnal datiofno rt her uthleexspsl oitaotfin oant uer);t hec riti(cpaols Mta-r)x ist (whoi nissttsh at itlhsleou rfyr eedoomf t heb ourgeotihsi nkisnujgb ecits rooteidn c lasdsi vis)i aonndt hef eminis(tw hoe mphsaizetsh att he allegedly cseoxgiliestis nosf acat m alep atriarfcorhmaalt io)n.Wh erei s the acadoermiietcna tiwohni chha sn otb eena ccusbeydi tosp ponesno tf not yperto perdliys owinngt heC artesihaenr itaAgned? w hichh asn ot hurlebda ckt he brandriepnrgo achC aorft esisaunb jievcittayg ainistts more' ardicaclr'i tiacsws e,l als i t'ser atcionaaryd'v resaries? Two things restuhlits :f rom l.C artesisaujnbe citvictoyn tinuteosb ea cknowledbgye adl alc ademic powerass a powerfaunld s tialctli vien telulaeltc rtadition. ••• � ••� .. �. v •• v v �.J� � • 2.I ti sh igh time ptahrattio sftaC hnaesr tessiuabnji evtciyst houlindt ,h e faceo ft hweh olweo rlpdu,b litshhev iire wtsh,e aiirm tsh,e tiern den cieasn,dm eetth insu rsetraylo eft hSep erceto fC artesijaentc isviutby witthh peh ilosompahniicfaelos fCt aor tessiujabenic vtyii ttlsfe. Thihso okt huesn deavoutrosr easstehreCt a rstieasnu jbcetw,h ose rjeectifoornms t hes ilento fpa altclht e s trungggp lairtoifet so dya's academailat:h oaulgtlhh eosrei entaatrioeoffi ncsli laiyn volivnaed de adly batt(lHeba ermasviearnssdu esc onstrucctoigoninviisetsc tnisite;s vtesr sus NewA geo bscura.nt.)i t.s,h t esay r ea luln eidti nt herijere ctoifot nh e Cartessuijbacent T.h e pooifcn otu,r isse ,tn oor te tutrotn h ce ogiintt hoe guisienw hicthh inso tihoans d ominated mtohdoeurg(nht th see lf� transpatrheinntks iunbegjc tb)u,tt ob rintgol igihttfs or gottoebnv eer,s theex cessuincvaken,o wlekdegredno eftl h ec ogwdhoi,ci hsf afror m the pacifyiimnagg oeft hter anspaSreelnft.t hTrhpeeae r otfs tbhoeo fkoc us ont odya'tsh rmeea ifine ldisnw hicshuj bcetiviisat tys takteh:te r adition ofG ermaInd ealipsoms-A;ttl husseproilaint pihcialloh syo;tp he' edcon structisohntiif forstm' S ujbetct ot hep roblteimocaf m ulitplseu jbcet positaionndss uj bcetiviza1 tEiaocnhps a.rs tt art'> a cwhiptathe orn a crucaiuatlh wohro sweo rrke press eanentx emlparcyr itioqfCu aer tesian sujbectiviat sye;c ond chtahpetdnee ra lwsi th vtihcei ssiotftu hdee s fundameanlnt otitohna utn dertlihepesr ecedcihnagp t(esrju ebicvtyii tn i GermaInd ealpioslmi;t siucbajle ct.iovnti.;hz 'ea Otdeipucso mplaesx ' the psychoanalytoifct haeecm ceorugneotnf ct eh seu jbec.t2) ParItb egiwnist ah d etaicloenodfn arttiwointH hei edgrgse'e nedavotuor tmvetrhsheeo riozfmo ond eCranrs tinea sujbetcivAigtayi.ann da gaitnh,e inherleongtio fct hepihri losopphrioecjcatcl o mpeltlheead u thentic philoesroospf hs ubjteicvtiota yr ticual caetret eaxicne smsiovmee notf 'madneisnsh'e rteocn ot gwihtioct,hh etyh einm mediaetndeelayv outroe d 'renorma(ltihdzeic a'b olEivciialnl K antt,h e' inghotf twhoelr di'n Hegeelct,. .)A nd tphreo blweimt Hhe iedggeirst hahti sno tioofn modern jsecuitbvidtoye nso ta ccoufnortt hiisn hereexncte -sists imply doenso t' cvoert'h aats peocftc otgooi na ccouonfwt h icLha cacnl aims thacto giitsto h e jsceutob ft heU ncosncioHuesi.d eg'gsfe atrafll aiws clreladyi scerinnit bhlefeai luorfeh irse adionfKg a nti:nh ifsoc uso n trnascenadlei nmtaginaHteiiodne,g mgiers stehse k eyd imensoifo n imaginaittidsoi ns:r upatntiiv-ets,hy entaiscp ewchti,c ihsa nothnearm e fort hea bysosff eredomt;h ifsa ilure anleswol icgaohsnttt hse o ld questoifoH ne ideggNearz'eisn geamgen.S to,af ttehr icso nrfontiaotn, these cocnhdpa teern deavotuoer lsa bortahtese t atoufss u jbeicvtiitny Il'll l.KUUUL llU�"\1 3 Hegeflo,c usoinnt gh lei nbke twetehnpe h ilosophicoaflr enfolteixoinv ity andt her efletxuirvtneh acth aractetrhie(z heyss tersiucbajleo)cft t h e Unconscious. ParItIc ontaai snyss tematic cowniftrthoh neft oautprih oinl osophers whoi,n o new ayo ra nothteoro,Ak l thusasste hre sitra rtpionignb tu,t latevria,a c ritiocfiAl stmh usscr, detvheeoilwron pt ehde ooryf p olitical subjectLiavciltaytu:h' eso orfyh egemonBya,l ibatrh'esoo rfye galiberte, Rancietrhee'osory f rn eestnetneB,ad iotuh'eso orfys u bjecatsifi vdietlyti ot y theT ruth-ETvheenfi tr.sc th aptfeorc usoenBs a dioaut'tse mtpoft o rmu latae ' poliotfti rcust thh'ac to uludn dermitnoed ayd'esc onstructionist and/opro stmodesrtnainswctie t,ah s peceimaplh asoinhs i psa thbreaking readionfSg t P auAll.t houIga hm i ns olidawriitBthay d ioaut'tse mtpot reasstehredt i mensoifoun n iversaastl hiet y torpupeo soiftc ea pitalist globalIir semj,eh citcs r itiocfiL samc a-nt haitsh ,i tsh estihsap ts ychoa nalyissni ost a blteo p rovitdheef oundatoifao nne wp olitpircaaclt ice. Then excth aptaenra lytsheews a yisn w hicthh ef ouaru thotrasc ktlhee predominant 'post-politicsatla'nw chleii cbihest r haepl o-ldietmiocratic camlo deo ft odayg'lso bcaalp itaelaicsohmf ,t hemd eployhiinosgw n versoiofpn o litsiucbajle ctivization. ParItI dIe alwsi tthh ostee ndencoifte osd ay''pso stmodpeornl'i tical thougwhhti cha,g aintshtes pectorfet he( transcendSeunbtjaelc)t , endeavtooua rs setrhtel iberaptrionlgi feorfat thiemo unl tifpolrem osf subjec-tfievmiitnyi gnaey,, ethAncicco .r.dt.io.nt gh iosr ientaotnieo n, should abanidmopno stshgieob alolef g lobsaolc itarla nsformaantdi,o n instefaodc,ua st tenotinto hned ivefrosrem osfa sserotnien'pgsa rticular subjecitnio vuirct oym plaenxd d isperpsoesdt moduenrinv eirnswe h,i ch culturreaclo gnimtaitotnem rosr et hasno cioeconsotmriucg- gtlhea its tos ayi,nw hicchu ltusrtauld hieasvr ee platchedec ritioqfup eo litical economTyh.em osrte presenatnadtp ievres uavseirvseio oftn h esteh e oriewsh,o sper acteb1x1p resissim ounl ticult'uirdaelniptsoitlt iyt iisc s', JuditBhu t.lp�e(rsf ormatthievoeor fyg endefro rmatiSootn .h ef irst "Chaptoefrt hipsa retn gagiensa detaicloendf rontwaittiBhou nt ler's workf,o cusoinnt gh osoefi tass pecwthsi cmha kep ossiab plreo ductive dialowgiuteLh a acniapns ychoan(ahleynrso itsi oonf's p assiaotntaatceh mentasn'd t hree fletxuirvcneo nstitoufst uibvjee ctTihveil taysc)th. a pter thedni recctolnyf rotnhteks e yi ssoufe' Oediptuosd aiys't :h es o-called Oedipmaold eo fs ubjectiv(itzheaemt eirogne nocfte h es ubjtehcrto ugh thei ntegraotfti hoens ymboplrioch ibietmiboond iiendt hep aternal Law)to darye alilndy e cliAnned?i fs ow,h aits r eplaciitnI?gn a con frontawtiitothnh ep roponeonftt hse' secomnodd erniza(tGiiodnd'e ns, 4 THET ICKLISSUHJBE CT Beck)i,ta rguefso rt hec ontinuaocutsu aloiftt hye ' dialeocftE incl ight enmentf'a:fr r oms implliyb erautsif nrgo mt hec onstraoifnp tast riarchal tradittihoenu ,n precedenstheidfi tnt hem odeo ff unctionoiftn hge symboloircd etrh awte a rew itnesstiondgae yn gendeirtsso w nn ewr isks andd angers. Whilteh ibso oki sp hilosopihnii ctbasal s itce noirti, sfi rsatn df oremost ane ngagepdo litiinctaelr venatdidorne,s stihnebg u rniqnuge stioofhn o w wea ret or eformuall aetfe tainstti,- cappiotlailtipisrctoa jle icnot u re rao f globcaalp italainsdm\!_ t.si deological sulpipbleermaeln-td,e mmouclrtaitic culturaOlniseom f.t hpeh otoosf1 99w7a su ndoubtetdhlayot f m embers ofs o�e indigenotursi bfer omB ornecoa rryiwnagt eirn p lastbiacg tso puto utg iganftiircwe hsi cwhe red estroytihnegih ra bittahte,r idiculous inadequoafct yh eimro desetf fomratt chebdyt heh orroorfs eeitnhge ir entilrief e-wdoirsladp peAacrc.o rditnong e wspapreerp orttsh,e g igantic clouodf s mokec overitnhgee ntiarree oaf n ortheIrnnd onesMiaal,a ysia andt he southern Phdielriapiplnieandte usr iet seiltfsn, o rmacly cle (becauosfet hec ontinudoaursk nebsese,sw ereu nablteo a ccomplish theipra ritn t heb iologirceaplr oductoifpo lna ntHse)r.e w e havea n examploeft heu nconditiRoenaaollf g lobCaalp itpaelr turbtihnevg e ry realoiftn ya tu-rether eferetnocg el obCaalp itiasnl e cesshaerryes ,i nce thef irweesr eno ts imptlhye r esuolftt h e' greeodfl' o cwaolo dm erchants andf arme(rasn do fc orruIpntd onessitaanto ef ficailallosw iintg)b ,u t alsoof t hef actth abte causoeft heE lN iiioe ffectth,ee xtraordinary drougdhitd n ote ndi nt her ainwsh icrhe gulaqruielnyc shu cfihr esa,n d theE lN iiioe ffeicsgt l obal. Thicsa tastrtohpuhgsei vebso dyt ot heR eaolf o urt imet:h et hruosft Capitwahli chr uthlesdsilsyre gaarnddsd estropyasr ticulliafre -worlds, threatentihnevg e rsyu rviovfah lu manitWyh.a th,o wevearr,et hei mpli catioonfst hicsa tastroAprheew ?e dealimnegr elwyi tht hel ogiocf Capitoarl i,s t hilso gijcu stth ep redominatnhtr ustt hoefm odern productaitvtiisttou fdt ee chnological doovmeiarnn adet xipolno itaotfi on naturOer? f urthermiosrt eh,iv se rtye chnological extphleuo littiation matee xpresstihoenr ,e alizatitohned eoefp epsott entoifam lo dern Cartessiuabnj ectiitvsietTlyhf? e a uthora'nss wetro t hidsi lemmiast he emphatpilce oaf ' Nogtu iltfyo!tr'h eC artessiuabnj ect. Inh erc arefeudli tionfgm y manuscrifpotrVs e rsoG,i lliBaena umont regulacraltyc hmees w itmhy (intellepcatnutadslo )w nh:e rg azuen err ingly discerns irnte hpele itnioetf it ohnosu ghmto,r oniicn consistencies INTROCDTUION 5 oft hea rgumentaftailoasnte,t ribuatnidro enfse retnhcaedtsi splmayy lacokf g enereadlu catniootnt ,om entitohne a wkwardnoefss tsy .l.e. howc anI n otf eeals hameadn,dt huhsa theer O?n theo thehra nds,h e haesv errye astoonh atmee. Ic onstabnotmlbya rhde rw itlha tien sertions andc hangoefts h mea nuscrsiotp hta,Itc ane asiimlayg ihneerp o ssessing av oododoo lolfm ea ndp ierciitinn tg h eev eniwnigtsah g igannteiecd le. Thimsu tuahla treadst, h ewyo ulhda vpeu ti ti nt heg oodo ldd ayosf clasHsoilcl )wosoidg,n tahlesb eginnoifna g b eautiffruile ndsshoIi p, dedictahtibeso otko h er. Notes I.F orad etaicloenrdfo tnatiwointt hh cer itrijeceaclt oifot nhC ea rtessiuabnj ecitni vity cognitive ssecSeil eanvZcoiejzs e',kT ,hC ea rteSsuibajnve ecrts tuhsCe a rteTshieaanet 'ir,n Cogiatnodt hfU nron.e1erSlil.nau vZsoi,jz eDku,r haNmC,:D ukle' nivePrrse1is9ts9 y8 . 2.I netrestienngoluygt hh,e tpharretaesl scoo rrespotnodt heg eoagprhitct ioafd Geramn/Frencghl/omA-eAnrictarnia tdiGoenr:m aInd ealFirsemn,pc ohl itpihcisalolop hy, Ang-lAomreiccaunl tural studies.
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