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<blockquote>"All politics relies upon, and even manipulates, a certain economy of enjoyment."<ref>[[Slavoj Žižek]] and Glyn Daly. ''Conversations with Žižek''. Cambridge, U.K.: Polity, 2004. p. 114</ref></blockquote>
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Throughout his [[Slavoj Žižek:Books|work]], [[Žižek]] draws out the workings of [[enjoyment]] (what [[Jacques Lacan]] calls ''[[jouissance]]'') in [[racism|racist]] and [[racism|ethnic]] [[ideology|ideological]] [[fantasy|fantasies]], in socialism's bureaucratic excesses, and in the [[cynicism]] of the [[narcissism|narcissistic]] [[subject]]s of [[capitalism|late capitalism]].
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[[Category:Slavoj Žižek:Politics]]
 
[[Category:Slavoj Žižek:Politics]]

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"All politics relies upon, and even manipulates, a certain economy of enjoyment."[1]


Throughout his work, Žižek draws out the workings of enjoyment (what Jacques Lacan calls jouissance) in racist and ethnic ideological fantasies, in socialism's bureaucratic excesses, and in the cynicism of the narcissistic subjects of late capitalism.

  1. ↑ Slavoj Žižek and Glyn Daly. Conversations with Žižek. Cambridge, U.K.: Polity, 2004. p. 114
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