freud-lacan: lacanian ink

[Josefina Ayerza]

  PRESS RELEASE

Event:
SLAVOJ ZIZEK
lecture: "LOVE WITHOUT MERCY"

Date:
MONDAY, MARCH 10th, 2003,
7:00pm (Free admission)

Place:
DEITCH PROJECTS
18 WOOSTER STREET
(between Canal & Grand),
NEW YORK, NY 10013

Slavoj Zizek, the world-renowned philosopher and cultural theorist, 
will be holding his regular, biannual town meeting in New York City 
on March 10th at Deitch Projects (18 Wooster Street) in conjunction 
with the publication of Lacanian Ink 21. The subject of his lecture 
this time is "Love without Mercy."

"Perhaps, there is no greater love than that of a revolutionary 
couple," writes Zizek, "where each of the two lovers is ready to 
abandon the other at any moment if revolution demands it. It is along 
these lines that one should look for the non-perverse reading of 
Christ's sacrifice, of his message to Judas: 'Prove to me that I am 
everything to you, SO BETRAY ME on behalf of the revolutionary 
mission of both of us!'" Zizek, the ever prolific writer, will 
expound on this theme and, as always, apply his dazzling thinking to 
current events and any number of other issues in a 
question-and-answer session after the lecture. Josefina Ayerza, the 
editor and publisher of Lacanian Ink, will read an introductory paper.

"The thrill of reading Zizek," says Robert Boynton in Lingua Franca, 
"arises in part from the collision between the insanity he finds 
everywhere in our psychic and social lives and the rigorous clarity 
with which he anatomizes its workings." Slavoj Zizek is Senior 
Researcher at the Institute of Social Studies, University of 
Ljubljana. Some of his recent books include, The Fragile Absolute - 
or, why is the Christian legacy worth fighting for? (2000), On Belief 
(2001), and Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays on 
September 11th and Releated Dates (2002).


Lacanian Ink is cultural magazine which focuses on the teachings of 
French psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan. It is published biannually in 
New York.

  Presented by Foundation 20 21

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