Karl Marx & Sigmund Freud

To afdøde, hvide mænd med skæg! Og hvad så?

Jo, Marx interesserede sig for (bl.a.) varer og kapital, mens det for Freud var (bl.a.) drømme. De to mænd havde dog noget tilfælles. Begge tog udgangspunkt i at forstå indhold. Freud analyserede vore drømme, mens Marx undersøgte varens art - men begge gjorde det ud fra et HVAD-perspektiv. De ledte ikke efter en skjult mening, og spurgte ikke HVORFOR.

Zizek discusses the unconscious as popularised by Sigmund Freud and provides several examples from pop culture to illustrate why our common understanding of the unconscious mind is wrong. Contrary to popular belief, Zizek argues that the unconscious is not a substantial, material object akin to its popular representation as the larger, submerged part of an iceberg, but much rather a virtual, immaterial phenomenon that exerts influence without really being there.

A man comes into a cafe and says "I would like to have coffee without cream" but the waiter says "Sorry sir, we don't have cream, but tou can have coffee without milk".