Geographical limit between Balkan and Central Europe
kunc2 HN recommenders · recommended in 2 months, 2017–2025
commentary · general · evergreen · 2017–2025 on HN
A one-minute clip of Slavoj Zizek showing what he calls the official geographical limit between the Balkans and Central Europe, standing at a river in Ljubljana. It is a short, absurd and funny piece of cultural geography.
HN commenters recommend it as one of the best short clips on YouTube for illustrating Balkan versus Central European identity.
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3 comments from Hacker News
People on an website like this should at least have a general idea of who Zizek is. I've never yet read any of his books but as a guy living in the Balkans this short clip [1] of Zizek explaining the geography that separates Central Europe from the Balkans is one of the best things on YT. [1] ▶ this video
> The actual meaning of democracy is the "power of the people". Nowhere that implies a western-like electoral system. Correct. “we” used to do it simply by killing the leaders that were disliked. Elections are a bit friendlier than that :) You might enjoy this Zizek video on the border between the west and the balkans: ▶ this video . I think he captures the sentiment well. > I'd argue in your average western democracy the people have very little power, with lots of symbolic processes to reinforce the illusion. This was Chomsky’s whole point in Manufacturing Consent.
" I come from the border between Central and Eastern Europe. Some say Slovenia is one, some say another." Compulsory link, shirley? ▶ this video