Surplus-Enjoyment
Surplus-Enjoyment Contemporary life is defined by excess. We need a surplus to what we need to be able to truly enjoy what we have. There must always be more, there is never enough. But, perversely,…
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Surplus-Enjoyment
Contemporary life is defined by excess. We need a surplus to what we need to be able to truly enjoy what we have. There must always be more, there is never enough.
But, perversely, without this surplus, we wouldn't be able to enjoy, what is substantial and necessary. Slavoj Zizek's guide to surplus (and why it's enjoyable) begins by arguing that what is surplus to our needs is by its very nature unsubstantial and unnecessary. Indeed, without the surplus we wouldn't be able to identify what was the perfect amount.Is there any escape from the vicious cycle of surplus enjoyment or are we forever doomed to simply want more?
Engaging with everything from The Joker film to pop songs and Thomas Aquinas to the history of pandemics, Zizek argues that recognising the society of enjoyment we live in for what it is can provide an explanation for the political impasses in