Marx

Wed 9.08.10| Žižek on Ideology

Slavoj Žižek, First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Verso, 2009

 

 

 

Marx wrote in The German Ideology that the ruling ideas of any epoch are the ideas of the ruling class. Is such a notion obsolete today? The provocative Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that ideology, understood in the Marxist sense, is alive and well. He explores the concept through the lens of the Hollywood film "I Am Legend," the legacies of 1968, and the phenomenon of Sarah Palin.

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