Slavoj Žižek's "The Rise of Obscene Masters" - Excerpt - EGS Fall 2020

http://www.egs.edu Slavoj Žižek, Professor of Philosophy at The European Graduate School / EGS. Saas-Fee, Switzerland. July 27th, 2020. Excerpt from "The Rise of Obscene Masters" lecture for the students of the Division of Philosophy, Art & Critical Thought.

Slavoj Žižek - "The Rise of Obscene Masters"

Traditionally (or in our retroactive view of tradition, at least), shameless obscenity worked as subversive, as an undermining of traditional domination, as depriving the Master of his false dignity. In the 1960s protesting students liked to use obscene words or make obscene gestures to embarrass figures of power and, so they claimed, denounce their hypocrisy. However, what we are getting today, with the exploding public obscenity, is not the disappearance of authority, of Master figures, but its forceful reappearance – we are getting something unimaginable decades ago, obscene Masters.

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