Golda Meir: I believe in Jewish people

As told 3

“Jewish people believe in God and I believe in Jewish people.”
48:41 No Sex please, We are Post-Human2009-01-20 · 1:20:27

“I believe in Jewish people and Jewish people believe in God.”
~0:00 On Violence2008-09-15 · 1:11:30

“Jewish people believe in God, and I believe in Jewish people.”
48:41 We’re Only Human2009-10-20 · 1:20:27

What it carries

one story, many jobs: the ideas this anecdote is deployed to argue, one tally mark per use (an idea page shows the same relation from the other end, as its shelf of stories)

contents · one story, 3 jobsuses

subject supposed to believe ×2 cynical reason ×2 the big Other ×2

Its cast and sources

populated by

Golda Meir3 Hilary Neroni2 Samuel Maoz2 Ari Folman2 Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu2 Saint Theresa of Avila Church, New Orleans1 Leonardo Padura Fuentes2 Anwar Congo2

alongside works

Risk Society2 Ephesians (Paul)2 Waltz with Bashir2 Tsahal2 Topaz2 Stage Fright2 Lebanon2 Mirror1

Told together with

50% Žižek escaping student Q&A via fake dean summons 2 shared talks 50% learning to enjoy alcohol and cigarettes 2 shared talks 50% Charity ad for the price of a cappuccino 2 shared talks 40% Fight Club: Ed Norton beats himself before his boss 2 shared talks 33% Chinese scientists: Three Gorges Dam caused earthquake 2 shared talks 33% Sound of Music censored in communist Yugoslavia 2 shared talks 33% Toms Shoes 1-for-1 formula 2 shared talks 30% Kung Fu Panda 3 shared talks 15% Santa Claus Belief 3 shared talks 14% Da Vinci Code / Da Vinci, sex displaced onto Jesus 2 shared talks 14% Heydrich playing Beethoven string quartets 2 shared talks 11% Daisetz Suzuki's Knife 2 shared talks

Every retelling 3

48:41 No Sex please, We are Post-Human2009-01-20 · 1:20:27

When asked if she believed in God, Israeli PM Golda Meir said 'Jewish people believe in God and I believe in Jewish people', Žižek takes this as the perfect formula for impersonal belief: no one needs to believe directly, belief circulates through the social network., illustrating impersonal belief,belief without a believing subject

~0:00 On Violence2008-09-15 · 1:11:30

Asked if she believed in God, Golda Meir answered: 'I believe in Jewish people and Jewish people believe in God.' Žižek reads this as the structure of displaced belief, no one needs to believe directly, only to believe that others believe., illustrating cynical belief,displaced belief / the big Other

48:41 We’re Only Human2009-10-20 · 1:20:27

Meir's formula for belief, she does not believe directly but believes in those who believe, exemplifies the impersonal structure of ideology: nobody needs to believe in the first person for belief to function socially., illustrating impersonal belief