Theory Underground

ŽIŽEK 101: Universality, Commodity Fetishization, Aliens and Project Blue Beam | D&M S2:e16

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

ŽIŽEK 101: Dialectical Antagonism and Contradiction vs. Opposition | D&M S2:e15

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

ŽIŽEK 101: PSA Against Lurk Culture + McGowan vs. Žižek on Universality . | D&M S2:e14

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

ŽIŽEK 101: The homology between Freud’s Dream and Marx’s Commodity | D&M S2:e13

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

ŽIŽEK 101: Transposing inherent systemic deadlocks onto a supposed outside object or other | D&M S2:e12

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

ŽIŽEK 101: How to satisfy the other? Ideology has the easy solution... | D&M S2:e11

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

ŽIŽEK 101: How Slavoj forever changed Ideology Critique | D&M S2:e10

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

ŽIŽEK 101: The function of LAW (protect me from the other’s enjoyment) | D&M S2:e09

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

Week 7 In Review + IN DEFENSE OF LECTURES

If you cannot keep up with the forums week to week, and you did not get a chance to watch or listen to whatever Theory Underground has put out recently, then these weekly streams are meant to keep you in the loop.ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground.Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life.SUPPORT this work at https://theory-underground.com/supportDo you have questions, comments, or something to share that would be better off on the community site? Join the public forum here: https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/main/If you take a course or join a discussion, there will be a group with dedicated forums on the website. Because fuck Discord. We want to honor quality questions, not bury them. We want to honor people who actually read as opposed to staying glued to their phones all day, so we aren't going to become reliant on a "community" app that is so attention-demanding. Forums give people time to think and come back later to ask questions or add to discussions. Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links: https://theory-underground.com/courseshttps://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//eventsAlso the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening:https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITSLogo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/musichttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode

ŽIŽEK 101: ”LOVE YOURSELF” the Superegoic Injunction to Enjoy (Kat from Euphoria example) | D&M S2:e08

Mikey is back to teach Dave the basics of Žižek’s theory of ideology.If you have been learning Lacan 101 and now Žižek through Mikey and Dave’s conversations, you might want to dive into the deep end.Check out the course on Žižek’s For They Know Not What They Do, which starts on February 25th: https://theory-underground.com/courses/ftknwtd/ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground. Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Interested in getting involved?Join the Theory Underground open forum today. Most of the forums are closed until certain readings or courses have been completed, but this is the one that is open! Welcome.https://theory-underground.com/forums/forum/MAIN Help beta trial this at https://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links:https://theory-underground.com/courses https://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//events Also the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening: https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITS Logo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/music https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcodeSong: Bust Down Artist: 808 DEATH CLUB License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense