another podcast where he's asked this question here. The interview starts around 22 minutes. This is a philosophy podcast so he gives a more technical answer but it's still not "clear".
I think it would be clear(er) if we knew the works. Todd McGowan seems to get Zizek and he's a humble non-grifter.
two things, they use the phrase for how ideology works, "they don't know why they're doing it but the important thing is they're doing it" and the analogy that the proper cause and effect is "first you pray and then you believe". Both of those seem related to the way Zizek calls himself a communist.
another podcast where he's asked this question here. The interview starts around 22 minutes. This is a philosophy podcast so he gives a more technical answer but it's still not "clear".
I think it would be clear(er) if we knew the works. Todd McGowan seems to get Zizek and he's a humble non-grifter.
two things, they use the phrase for how ideology works, "they don't know why they're doing it but the important thing is they're doing it" and the analogy that the proper cause and effect is "first you pray and then you believe". Both of those seem related to the way Zizek calls himself a communist.