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Hateful Thousands in Cologne

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Žižek, S. (2017). Hateful Thousands in Cologne. In Žižek, S. Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours. Penguin, pp. 83-96

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[...] the way individuals experience their situation: there is no way for them to step out of their world and somehow see, from 'outside', how things 'really are'? Ideology does not reside primarily in stories invented (by those in power) to deceive others, it resides in stories invented by subjects to deceive themselves. [...]

—p.89 by Slavoj Žižek 7 years, 2 months ago

[...] the way individuals experience their situation: there is no way for them to step out of their world and somehow see, from 'outside', how things 'really are'? Ideology does not reside primarily in stories invented (by those in power) to deceive others, it resides in stories invented by subjects to deceive themselves. [...]

—p.89 by Slavoj Žižek 7 years, 2 months ago
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[...] 1730s Paris, to the so-called 'Great Cat Massacre', described by Robert Darnton, when a group of printing apprentices tortured and ritually killed all the cats they could find, including the pet of their master's wife. [...]

basically they were treated worse than cats. never heard of this before, pretty fascinating

—p.92 by Slavoj Žižek 7 years, 2 months ago

[...] 1730s Paris, to the so-called 'Great Cat Massacre', described by Robert Darnton, when a group of printing apprentices tortured and ritually killed all the cats they could find, including the pet of their master's wife. [...]

basically they were treated worse than cats. never heard of this before, pretty fascinating

—p.92 by Slavoj Žižek 7 years, 2 months ago