Laibach's Politics without a Cause or the Unsublated Contradiction
(2013) In Krisis: Tijdschrift Voor Actuele Filosofie p.19-29- Abstract
- The article delves deeper into the theoretically perplexing practice of Slovenian music band Laibach, which draws links to Stalinism, fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism in general. The author presents a different reading than the more established Žižekian resolution of the issue via his introduction of the notion of ‘over-identification', meaning the critique of a regime by taking it more seriously than it takes itself. It is argued in the present article that Fredric Jameson's concept of modernist Irony as the (un)sublation of two contradictory terms not by solving but by exposing their contradictions, and the theoretical frame of the political unconscious, both help to more aptly explain Laibach's links to socialism, capitalism and... (More)
- The article delves deeper into the theoretically perplexing practice of Slovenian music band Laibach, which draws links to Stalinism, fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism in general. The author presents a different reading than the more established Žižekian resolution of the issue via his introduction of the notion of ‘over-identification', meaning the critique of a regime by taking it more seriously than it takes itself. It is argued in the present article that Fredric Jameson's concept of modernist Irony as the (un)sublation of two contradictory terms not by solving but by exposing their contradictions, and the theoretical frame of the political unconscious, both help to more aptly explain Laibach's links to socialism, capitalism and their structures of thought. (Less)
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- Mendelyté, Aténé LU
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- 2013
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- Krisis: Tijdschrift Voor Actuele Filosofie
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 19 - 29
- publisher
- Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam
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- scopus:84892508676
- ISSN
- 0168-275X
- language
- English
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abstract = {{The article delves deeper into the theoretically perplexing practice of Slovenian music band Laibach, which draws links to Stalinism, fascism, Nazism and totalitarianism in general. The author presents a different reading than the more established Žižekian resolution of the issue via his introduction of the notion of ‘over-identification', meaning the critique of a regime by taking it more seriously than it takes itself. It is argued in the present article that Fredric Jameson's concept of modernist Irony as the (un)sublation of two contradictory terms not by solving but by exposing their contradictions, and the theoretical frame of the political unconscious, both help to more aptly explain Laibach's links to socialism, capitalism and their structures of thought.}},
author = {{Mendelyté, Aténé}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{3}},
pages = {{19--29}},
publisher = {{Boom Uitgevers Amsterdam}},
series = {{Krisis: Tijdschrift Voor Actuele Filosofie}},
title = {{Laibach's Politics without a Cause or the Unsublated Contradiction}},
url = {{http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.656.320&rep=rep1&type=pdf}},
year = {{2013}},
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