Apropos to the reductivist comment. But problematic in itself.
"The song “Gee, Officer Krupke” illustrates, for Slavoj Zizek, the function of cynical ideology. “They don’t know what they are doing but they are nonetheless doing it” is, for Zizek, the old Marxist notion of ideology. But “cynical ideology functions in the mode of ‘I know very well what I am doing but I am still nonetheless doing it,'” as indicated by the gang members’ hypothetical plea to Officer Krupke. The paradox is how they can know this and still do what they do."
Perfect song for today's times. Thanks, Lin.
Apropos to the reductivist comment. But problematic in itself.
"The song “Gee, Officer Krupke” illustrates, for Slavoj Zizek, the function of cynical ideology. “They don’t know what they are doing but they are nonetheless doing it” is, for Zizek, the old Marxist notion of ideology. But “cynical ideology functions in the mode of ‘I know very well what I am doing but I am still nonetheless doing it,'” as indicated by the gang members’ hypothetical plea to Officer Krupke. The paradox is how they can know this and still do what they do."