The Impossibility of Subjectivity (Žižek Contra Lunot) @RahulSam

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Treydon Lunot (@telosbound) explains why subjectivity is impossible without God and delineates his disagreement with Slavoj Žižek's theory of the subject.

Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/ubyeJYhZsMI?si=5QPLlNQuAGevW-HA

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$The Impossibility of Subjectivity (Žižek Contra Lunot) Treydon Lunot (@telosbound) explains why subjectivity is impossible without God and delineates his disagreement with Slavoj Žižeks theory of the subject. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/ubyeJYhZsMI?si=5QPLlNQuAGevW-HA {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ {Reference Links} https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59217396-aphesis {Images & Videos used} Thumbnail: Le Désespéré (1843–1845) by Gustave Courbet If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. 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