Slavoj Zizek ( ( listen) SLAH-voy ZHIZH-ek; Slovene: ['slavoj 'ZiZek]; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian continental philosopher. He is a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities of the University of London. He works in subjects including continental philosophy, political theory, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, film criticism, Marxism, Hegelianism and theology. In 1989, Zizek published his first English text, The Sublime Object of Ideology, in which he departed from traditional Marxist theory to develop a materialist conception of ideology that drew heavily on Lacanian psychoanalysis and Hegelian idealism.

Zizek argues that:  (Against Marx's concept of ideology as described in The German Ideology), False consciousness prevents people from seeing how things really are. (Building upon Althusser), Ideology is thoroughly unconscious and functions as a series of justifications and spontaneous socio-symbolic rituals which support virtual authorities.  The Real is not experienced as something which is ordered in a way that gives satisfactory meaning to all its parts in relation to one another. Instead the Real is experienced as through the lens of hegemonic systems of representation and reproduction, while resisting full inscription into ordering system ascribed to it. This in turn may lead subjects to experience the Real as generating political resistance.  (Drawing on Lacan's notion of the barred subject), The subject is a purely negative entity, a void of negativity (in the Hegelian sense), which allows for the flexibility and reflexivity of the cartesian Cogito (Transcendental Subject). Though consciousness is opaque (following Hegel), the epistemological gap between the In-itself and For-itself is immanent to reality itself;. The antinomies of Kant, quantum physics, and Badiou's 'materialist' principle that 'The One is Not', point towards an inconsistent ("Barred") Real itself (that Lacan conceptualized prior).[opaque language]  Although there are multiple Symbolic interpretations of the Real, they are not all relatively "true". Two instances of the Real can be identified: the abject Real (or "real Real"), which cannot be wholly integrated into the symbolic order, and the symbolic Real, a set of signifiers that can never be properly integrated into the horizon of sense of a subject. The truth is revealed in the process of transiting the contradictions; or the real is a "minimal difference", the gap between the infinite judgement of a reductionist materialism and experience as lived, the "Parallax" of dialectical antagonisms are inherent to reality itself, and Dialectical Materialism (contra Engels) is a new materialist Hegelianism, incorporating the insights of Lacanian psychoanalysis, set theory, quantum physics, and contemporary continental philosophy. CANNOTANSWER

What rituals did he think it reflected
socio-symbolic rituals which support virtual authorities.
Slavoj Zizek ( (lyssna) SLAH-voj ZHIZH-ek; slovenska: ['slavoj 'ZiZek]; född 21 mars 1949) är en slovensk kontinentalfilosof. Han är seniorforskare vid Institutet för sociologi och filosofi vid Ljubljanas universitet, Global Distinguished Professor of German vid New York University, och internationell chef för Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities vid Londons universitet. Han är verksam inom ämnen som kontinental filosofi, politisk teori, kulturstudier, psykoanalys, filmkritik, marxism, hegelianism och teologi. 1989 publicerade Zizek sin första engelska text, The Sublime Object of Ideology, i vilken han avvek från traditionell marxistisk teori för att utveckla en materialistisk ideologiuppfattning som starkt drog nytta av lakanisk psykoanalys och hegelisk idealism. Zizek argumenterar för att: (Mot Marx ideologibegrepp som beskrivs i Den tyska ideologin), Falskt medvetande hindrar människor från att se hur saker och ting verkligen är. Ideologin bygger på Althusser och är fullständigt omedveten och fungerar som en rad motiveringar och spontana sociosymboliska ritualer som stöder virtuella auktoriteter. Real upplevs inte som något som är beställt på ett sätt som ger tillfredsställande mening åt alla dess delar i förhållande till varandra. Istället upplevs Verkligheten som genom linsen i hegemoniska system av representation och reproduktion, samtidigt som den står emot full inskription till ordningssystem som tillskrivs den. Detta kan i sin tur leda till att undersåtar upplever det verkliga som att det skapar politiskt motstånd. (Drivande på Lacans föreställning om det spärrade subjektet), Ämnet är en rent negativ entitet, ett tomrum för negativitet (i hegelsk mening), som möjliggör det kartesiska Cogitos flexibilitet och reflexivitet (Transcendental Subject). Även om medvetandet är ogenomskinligt (efter Hegel), är det epistemologiska gapet mellan sig själv och För-sig själv immanent för själva verkligheten;. Antinomierna i Kant, kvantfysiken och Badious "materialistiska" princip att "Den Ende är inte", pekar mot en inkonsekvent ("Barred") Real själv (som Lacan konceptualiserade tidigare). Även om det finns flera symboliska tolkningar av den verkliga är de inte alla relativt "sanna". Två instanser av det verkliga kan identifieras: det abjektiva verkliga (eller "verkliga verkligheten"), som inte helt kan integreras i den symboliska ordningen, och det symboliska verkliga, en uppsättning tecken som aldrig på rätt sätt kan integreras i ett subjekts sinne. Sanningen uppenbaras i processen att föra motsättningarna över till varandra; eller så är det verkliga en "minimal skillnad", klyftan mellan en reduktionistisk materialisms och erfarenhets oändliga omdöme som det levde, den dialektiska antagonismens "Parallax" är inneboende i verkligheten själv, och Dialektisk materialism (kontra Engels) är en ny materialistisk hegelianism, som införlivar insikterna i lakanisk psykoanalys, uppsättningsteori, kvantfysik och samtida kontinental filosofi. CANNOTANSWER Vilka ritualer trodde han att det återspeglade
Slavoj Zizek ((listen) SLAH-voy ZhIZH-ek; Slovenian: ['slavoj 'ZiZek]; born 21 March 1949) is a Slovenian continental philosopher. He is a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London. He is active in subjects such as continental philosophy, political theory, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, film criticism, Marxism, Hegelianism and theology. In 1989, Zizek published his first English text, The Sublime Object of Ideology, in which he deviated from traditional Marxist theory to develop a materialistic conception of ideology that heavily benefited from Lakanic psychoanalysis and Hegelian idealism. Zizek argues that: (against Marx's concept of ideology as described in German ideology), False consciousness prevents people from seeing how things really are. Ideology is based on Althusser and is completely unconscious and acts as a series of motivations and spontaneous sociosymbolic rituals supporting virtual authorities. Real is not perceived as something ordered in a way that gives satisfactory meaning to all its parts in relation to each other. Instead, Reality is perceived as through the lens of hegemonic systems of representation and reproduction, while resisting full inscription to order systems attributed to it. This, in turn, can lead subjects to experience the real as creating political resistance. (Driving on Lacan's notion of the blocked subject), The subject is a purely negative entity, a void of negativity (in the Hegelian sense), which enables the flexibility and reflexivity of Cartesian Cogito (Transcendental Subject). Although consciousness is opaque (after Hegel), the epistemological gap between itself and Pre-self is immanent to reality itself;. The antinomies of Kant, quantum physics, and Badious' "materialistic" principle that "The One is Not", point to an inconsistent ("Barred") Real himself (as Lacan conceptualized earlier). Although there are several symbolic interpretations of the real, they are not all relatively "true". Two instances of the real can be identified: the abject real (or "real reality"), which cannot be fully integrated into the symbolic order, and the symbolic real, a set of characters that can never properly integrate into the mind of a subject. The truth is revealed in the process of passing the contradictions over to each other; or the real is a "minimal difference", the gap between the infinite judgment of a reductionist materialism and experience as it lived, the "Parallax" of dialectical antagonism is inherent in reality itself, and Dialectic materialism (contra Engels) is a new materialistic hegelianism, incorporating the insights into Lakenic psychoanalysis, set theory, quantum physics, and contemporary continental philosophy. What rituals did he think it reflected?
Soci-symboliska ritualer som stöder virtuella myndigheter.
Soci-symbolic rituals that support virtual authorities.