http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/taxonomy/term/305/0 en http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/157 <p>I thought Zizek's discussion of the relationship between the social effectivity and the commodity exchange was very characteristic of the postmodern. He describes this relationship by saying that "non-knowledge of the reality is part of its very essence: the social effectivity of the exchange process is a kind of reality which is possible only on condition that the individuals partaking in it are not aware of its proper logic."</p> <p><a href="http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/157">read more</a></p> http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007/node/157#comments Ideology reality zizek Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:35:02 +0000 CA92075 157 at http://machines.pomona.edu/149-2007