Lacan the same in private as in public

As told 6

“In private he was exactly the same. It was never possible to catch, 'Oh, now finally he is a warm human person like us.'”
1:12:00 What did you do with my text?2020-01-22 · 1:24:31

“In private he was exactly the same as in public. You never got him at his 'oh I am just an ordinary guy,' always these arrogant mannerisms”
1:05:18 Impossibility as the Lacanian Real2015-07-08 · 1:41:03

“when you met him in private he was precisely the same affected artificial bastard Never you got this Oh but now I got him as a real human being like ourselves”
37:05 Power, Betrayal and Brexit2016-07-02 · 1:04:28

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

truth is in the mask ×1 clown act ×1 face as primordial fetish ×1

Its cast and sources

populated by

Erik Satie2 James Comey2 Edward Snowden5 Jean Genet2 Alphonse Allais2 Kyle MacLachlan1 Jean-Paul Badiou / Badiou reading of Genet1 Kevin Spacey1

alongside works

Joker (2019 film)4 Le Balcon (The Balcony)2 Gymnopédies2 A Higher Loyalty2 The Dark Knight Rises2 Trouble in Paradise3 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner2 L'Otage (The Hostage)1

Told together with

29% FBI agent orgasm imitation at Trump rally 2 shared talks 29% Australian New South Wales legal consent registration 2 shared talks 20% Žižek and So On 2 shared talks 17% Chinese schoolchildren wearing brain-activity rings 2 shared talks

Every retelling 6

1:12:00 What did you do with my text?2020-01-22 · 1:24:31

French colleagues told Žižek that Lacan's artificially mannered public persona was identical to his private self, you could never catch him being 'a warm human person like us.' Žižek takes this as a model for authentic leftist subjectivity., illustrating identify with your mask,Lacanian subjectivity,authenticity

1:05:18 Impossibility as the Lacanian Real2015-07-08 · 1:41:03

People around Lacan wanted to know if he was 'just a normal warm guy' in private; those who knew him closely all reported he was exactly the same in private as in public, arrogant, playing his codified role. Žižek reads this as a genuinely anti-authoritarian gesture., illustrating clown-master / post-dignified power,fetishist disavowal,mask

37:05 Power, Betrayal and Brexit2016-07-02 · 1:04:28

People who met Lacan privately expected to find a warm, human person behind the artificially formal public persona, but he was exactly the same in private, never giving anyone the relief of 'the real human behind the mask.', illustrating the face as ultimate mask,ghost in the mask,private self as true mask

1:28:41 Taking Donald Trump Seriously2019-10-20 · 1:41:03

Žižek asked people who knew Lacan privately what the 'real person' behind the mask was like; all answered identically: he is exactly the same in private, there is no soft real person behind., illustrating Joker fully identified with his mask,the mask as the real,there is no subject behind the performance

3:01 The Rise of New Obscene Masters2020-01-22 · 1:34:44

People asked those who knew Lacan personally what he was really like behind his mannered public persona; the answer was: exactly the same. No warm hidden person behind the mask, he fully identified with his public image., illustrating obscene master,symbolic castration,mask and identity

6:42 SSSSSSMmoking with Slavoj2019-10-17 · 1:17:54

People who knew Lacan intimately confirmed that in private he was exactly the same as his flamboyant public persona, no hidden 'real' person behind the mask., illustrating full identification with the mask,the mask as truth