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Silence8 -> Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semite and the Jew (Slavoj Zizek) (4/5/2010 11:40:51 PM)
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Slavoj Zizek: Anti-Semitism, Anti-Semite and the Jew
This is, I think, is Zizek at his best, definitely worth a watch for anyone trying to understand the relationship of anti-Semitism and the state of politics today.
The basic thesis is that Anti-Semitism emerges as unrealized class antagonism displaced onto Jewish people as a kind of fetish object (if you ever wanted to know what psychologists mean when referring to a 'fetish object', that's covered as well with a really clear example...)
There are a lot of really provocative points made throughout, like Zizek's notion of the Anti-Semitic Zionist.
Also, I think he offers some insight into how Muslim religious fundamentalism is constructed in the Western world in a way very similar to how Anti-Semitism works, with this image of religious fervor being used to mask underlying socioeconomic motivations.
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