And for Zizek, this is
a fantasy, an illusion.
And for him instead, what he's interested in,
is the ways in which what looks like prohibition actually gives rise to desire,
and what looks like desire is actually becomes a form of prohibition.
This is Zizek's typical move, that is,
what he tends to do is to emphasize that what
looks like x is really y, and
what pretends to be y is really z, and
he does this in a way that acknowledges our first perceptions of the situation.
But then reverses those perceptions.
>> Let's say you have this so-called tolerant post-modern father.
What he will tell you is the following.
You know how much your grandmother loves but
none the less, you should only visit, sir, if you really want to.
Now, every child who is not an idiot, and they are not idiots,
knows that this apparent free choice, secretly contains a much stronger order.
Not only you have to visit your grandmother, but
you have to like it >> I'm beginning to like this book all
the more.
>> That's one example of how apparent tolerance, strife,
and can conceal the much stronger order.
And that's. >> So we should go back
to more like the dad, that just says, cuz I said so.
>> Absolutely.
It's more honest.