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==''Introduction''==
 
==''Introduction''==
  
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[[Ideology]] relies on an unassimilable kernel of [[enjoyment]].<ref>{{Z}} ''[[The Plague of Fantasies]]''. London: Verso, 1997. p. 50</ref>
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''[[Ideology]] relies on an unassimilable kernel of [[enjoyment]]''.<ref>{{Z}} ''[[The Plague of Fantasies]]''. London: Verso, 1997. p. 50</ref>
  
 
This means [[subject]]s are attached to an [[ideology|ideological formation]] not simply because of a set of [[identification|identifiable]] [[cause|reasons]] or [[cause]]s but because of something [[surplus|extra]].
 
This means [[subject]]s are attached to an [[ideology|ideological formation]] not simply because of a set of [[identification|identifiable]] [[cause|reasons]] or [[cause]]s but because of something [[surplus|extra]].
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[[Ideology|Ideological formations]] rely on an extra, nonrational nugget that goes beyond what we [[knowledge|know]] to produce our sense of who we are and what the world is for us.
 
[[Ideology|Ideological formations]] rely on an extra, nonrational nugget that goes beyond what we [[knowledge|know]] to produce our sense of who we are and what the world is for us.
  
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This nugget of enjoyment can be what we desire but can never achieve, as in, say, national unity.  
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Again, the idea of enjoyment as a political fac­tor is that some contingent element of reality takes on a special, excessive role and so attaches us to a socio-political formation.
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In Zizek's words, this element "becomes elevated to the dignity of a Thing."
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=====Ideological Formations=====
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[[Enjoyment]] is a category that can help [[political theory|political theorists]] account for differences among [[ideology|ideological formations]]
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Zizek differentiates among ideological formations in terms of [[enjoyment]].
  
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A primary task for the political theorist, then, is to grasp how a given forma­tion organizes enjoyment.
  
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It can also be what we want to eliminate, but never can, as in, for example, politi­cal corruption. Again, the idea of enjoyment as a political fac­tor is that some contingent element of reality takes on a special, excessive role and so attaches us to a socio-political formation.
 
  
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In Zizek's words, this element "becomes elevated to the dignity of a Thing."
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It becomes a fantastic stand-in for enjoyment.
 
  
  
  
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Revision as of 23:06, 10 September 2006

Introduction

Enjoyment

Ideology relies on an unassimilable kernel of enjoyment.[1]

This means subjects are attached to an ideological formation not simply because of a set of identifiable reasons or causes but because of something extra.

Ideological formations rely on an extra, nonrational nugget that goes beyond what we know to produce our sense of who we are and what the world is for us.

Again, the idea of enjoyment as a political fac­tor is that some contingent element of reality takes on a special, excessive role and so attaches us to a socio-political formation.

In Zizek's words, this element "becomes elevated to the dignity of a Thing."

Ideological Formations

Enjoyment is a category that can help political theorists account for differences among ideological formations

Zizek differentiates among ideological formations in terms of enjoyment.

A primary task for the political theorist, then, is to grasp how a given forma­tion organizes enjoyment.


Totalitarianism

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  1. ↑ Žižek, Slavoj. The Plague of Fantasies. London: Verso, 1997. p. 50
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