Žižek's Jokes
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| - | ''[[Žižek's Jokes|Žižek's Jokes (Did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?)]]'' is a 2014 book by [[Slavoj Žižek]]. It is a commented compilation of [[joke]]s culled from the writings by Žižek. | + | A guy was sent from [[East Germany]] to work in [[Siberia]]. He knew his mail would be read by [[censor]]s, so he told his friends: “Let’s establish a code. If a letter you get from me is written in blue ink, it is true what I say. If it is written in red ink, it is false.” After a month, his friends get the first letter. Everything is in blue. It says, this letter: “Everything is wonderful here. Stores are full of good food. Movie theatres show good films from the west. Apartments are large and luxurious. The only thing you cannot buy is red ink.” --One of [[Žižek's Jokes|Zizek's jokes]], first appeared in print in ''[[Welcome to the Desert of the Real]]''. |
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| + | ''[[Žižek's Jokes|Žižek's Jokes (Did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?)]]'' is a 2014 book by [[Slavoj Žižek]]. It is a commented compilation of [[joke]]s culled from the writings by Žižek. It is edited by [[Audun Mortensen]] and features an afterword by [[Momus (musician)|Momus]]. | ||
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"A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes"—Ludwig Wittgenstein A guy was sent from East Germany to work in Siberia. He knew his mail would be read by censors, so he told his friends: “Let’s establish a code. If a letter you get from me is written in blue ink, it is true what I say. If it is written in red ink, it is false.” After a month, his friends get the first letter. Everything is in blue. It says, this letter: “Everything is wonderful here. Stores are full of good food. Movie theatres show good films from the west. Apartments are large and luxurious. The only thing you cannot buy is red ink.” --One of Zizek's jokes, first appeared in print in Welcome to the Desert of the Real. |
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Žižek's Jokes (Did you hear the one about Hegel and negation?) is a 2014 book by Slavoj Žižek. It is a commented compilation of jokes culled from the writings by Žižek. It is edited by Audun Mortensen and features an afterword by Momus.
From the publisher:
- The good news is that this book offers an entertaining but enlightening compilation of Žižekisms. Unlike any other book by Slavoj Žižek, this compact arrangement of jokes culled from his writings provides an index to certain philosophical, political, and sexual themes that preoccupy him. Žižek’s Jokes contains the set-ups and punch lines—as well as the offenses and insults—that Žižek is famous for, all in less than 200 pages.
- So what’s the bad news? There is no bad news. There’s just the inimitable Slavoj Žižek, disguised as an impossibly erudite, politically incorrect uncle, beginning a sentence, “There is an old Jewish joke, loved by Derrida . . .“ For Žižek, jokes are amusing stories that offer a shortcut to philosophical insight. He illustrates the logic of the Hegelian triad, for example, with three variations of the “Not tonight, dear, I have a headache" classic: first the wife claims a migraine; then the husband does; then the wife exclaims, “Darling, I have a terrible migraine, so let’s have some sex to refresh me!" A punch line about a beer bottle provides a Lacanian lesson about one signifier. And a “truly obscene" version of the famous “aristocrats" joke has the family offering a short course in Hegelian thought rather than a display of unspeakables.
- Žižek’s Jokes contains every joke cited, paraphrased, or narrated in Žižek’s work in English (including some in unpublished manuscripts), including different versions of the same joke that make different points in different contexts. The larger point being that comedy is central to Žižek’s seriousness.
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See also
- Jokester
- Prisoners and hats puzzle
- User:Jahsonic/Slavoj Žižek's 1st July speech as part of the 'Great Minds' series
- Russian jokes: Rabinovich
- Here, the situation is catastrophic but not serious
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