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Ideology as the Fantasy: On Ideology Theory of Slavoj Zizek

Zhang Xiu-qin

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Slavoj Zizek,today's famous postmodernism philosopher,provided us with his theory of fantasy ideology.According to this theory,the Real now can be criticized as the fantasy,that it can be identified with the fantasy.It is to say that,there are no any differences between them and even between the real and the ideology.Therefore,it is impossible to make any effort on ideology criticism because ideology today has being become 'sublime object' which always and will exist both as the quasi material and as the immaterial beings.The criticism of fantasy also means to criticize ideology in Post-ideological society.

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Slavoj Zizek,today's famous postmodernism philosopher,provided us with his theory of fantasy ideology.According to this theory,the Real now can be criticized as the fantasy,that it can be identified with the fantasy.It is to say that,there are no any differences between them and even between the real and the ideology.Therefore,it is impossible to make any effort on ideology criticism because ideology today has being become 'sublime object' which always and will exist both as the quasi material and as the immaterial beings.The criticism of fantasy also means to criticize ideology in Post-ideological society.

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Slavoj Zizek,today's famous postmodernism philosopher,provided us with his theory of fantasy ideology.According to this theory,the Real now can be criticized as the fantasy,that it can be identified with the fantasy.It is to say that,there are no any differences between them and even between the real and the ideology.Therefore,it is impossible to make any effort on ideology criticism because ideology today has being become 'sublime object' which always and will exist both as the quasi material and as the immaterial beings.The criticism of fantasy also means to criticize ideology in Post-ideological society.

Key concepts: Ideology, Fantasy, Criticism, Postmodernism, Sublime, Object (grammar), Philosophy, Aesthetics

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