Slavoj Zizek, Cogito, Madness and Religion: Derrida, Foucault and then Lacan
I already have to be free in a much more radical, "noumenal", monstruous even, sense.
A way to clarify – if not resolve – this dilemma would have been to introduce some further crucial distinctions into the notion of "noumenal" freedom itself. That is to say, upon a closer look, it becomes evident that, for Kant, discipline and eduction do not directly work on our animal nature, forging it into human individuality: as Kant points out, animals cannot be properly educated since their behavior is already predestined by their instincts. What this means is that, paradoxically, in order to be educated into freedom (qua moral autonomy and self-responsibility), I already have to be free in a much more radical, "noumenal", monstruous even, sense.
Slavoj Zizek, Cogito, Madness and Religion: Derrida, Foucault and then Lacan
Slavoj Zizek, Cogito, Madness and Religion: Derrida, Foucault and then Lacan
