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Jan 2021
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Slavoj Žižek's "First as Tragedy, Then a...

DAVID GUIGNION
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In this episode, I present Slavoj Žižek's "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce." I'm hard on Žižek here, but in any case this text serves as a good introduction to his philosophy.

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