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Marxism: Zizek/Peterson: Official Video

Jordan B Peterson
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I posted this yesterday, but the volume was too low, so now it's been raised. On February, April 19, 2019, I debated Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek in Toronto, April 19 at the Sony Centre. Dr. Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and professor at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, whose works on cultural studies, psychoanalysis and, above all, for the purposes of our debate, Marxism, are world-renowned. The topic? Happiness: Marxism vs Capitalism. This is the official video. Many bootlegs have already been released, but that seems inevitable given our current state of technological capability. I started with a critique of The Communist Manifesto, which is the central revolutionary document of the Marxist movement (rather than addressing, say, Zizek's work, which wasn't what the debate was about). It wasn't so obvious for the rest of the discussion that Marxism, per se, comprised the central topic of dis …...more
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Introduction

9:39

Dr Jordan Peterson

12:33

Format

14:25

Welcoming Dr Jordan Peterson for the First Opening Statement

14:59

The Communist Manifesto

17:19

The Fundamental Axioms of the Communist Manifesto

19:22

Primary Conflict

24:07

The Dictatorship of the Proletariat

29:14

Criticism of Profit

33:53

Un Millennium Goals

44:21

Child Mortality Rate in Africa

45:34

This Is I Think Now Comes the Problematic Part for some of You Maybe the Problem with Political Correctness What Appears as Its Excesses Its Regulatory Zeal Is I Think an Important Reaction to that Masks the Reality of a Defeat My Hero Is Here a Black Lady Tirana Burke Who Created the Mid-To Campaign More than a Decade Ago She Observed in a Recent Critical Note Death in the Years since the Movement Began It Deployed an Unwavering Obsession with the Perpetrators Me Too Is All Too Often a Genuine Protest Filtered through Resentment Should We Then Drop Egalitarianism no Equality Can Also Mean and that's the Quality I Advocate Creating the Space for As Many as Possible Individuals To Develop Their Different Potentials

1:01:20

Bernie Sanders

1:55:43
Marxism: Zizek/Peterson: Official Video
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2019May 15
I posted this yesterday, but the volume was too low, so now it's been raised. On February, April 19, 2019, I debated Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek in Toronto, April 19 at the Sony Centre. Dr. Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and professor at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, whose works on cultural studies, psychoanalysis and, above all, for the purposes of our debate, Marxism, are world-renowned. The topic? Happiness: Marxism vs Capitalism. This is the official video. Many bootlegs have already been released, but that seems inevitable given our current state of technological capability. I started with a critique of The Communist Manifesto, which is the central revolutionary document of the Marxist movement (rather than addressing, say, Zizek's work, which wasn't what the debate was about). It wasn't so obvious for the rest of the discussion that Marxism, per se, comprised the central topic of discussion. Watch for yourself. A good article, I think, on Zizek: https://www.iep.utm.edu/zizek/#H2 -- SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL -- Donations: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/donate Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/jordanbp... -- BOOKS -- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: https://jordanbpeterson.com/12-rules-... Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief: https://jordanbpeterson.com/maps-of-m... -- LINKS -- Website: https://jordanbpeterson.com/ 12 Rules for Life Tour: https://jordanbpeterson.com/events/ Blog: https://jordanbpeterson.com/blog/ Podcast: https://jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/ Reading List: https://jordanbpeterson.com/great-books/ Twitter:   / jordanbpeterson   Instagram:   / jordan.b.peterson   Facebook:   / drjordanpeterson   -- PRODUCTS -- Personality Course: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/perso... Self Authoring Suite: https://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself personality test: https://understandmyself.com/ Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/jordanbp...

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Jordan B Peterson

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