The documentary [amazon asin=B00GO9SA30&text=The Act of Killing] (Final Cut Film Production, Copenhagen) premiered in 2012 at the Telluride film festival and was also shown at Toronto International Film Festival. [amazon asin=B00GO9SA30&text=The Act of Killing], directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, provides a unique and deeply disturbing insight into the ethical deadlock of global capitalism. The film – shot… Continue reading Welcome to the “Spiritual Kingdom of Animals”
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“The True Blasphemy”: Slavoj Žižek on Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot members accused of blasphemy and hatred of religion? The answer is easy: the true blasphemy is the state accusation itself, formulating as a crime of religious hatred something which was clearly a political act of protest against the ruling clique. Recall Brecht’s old quip from his Beggars’ Opera: “What is the robbing of… Continue reading “The True Blasphemy”: Slavoj Žižek on Pussy Riot
