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I'm pretty interested in Continental philosophy (though a lot of my personal interest is about Heidegger, and somewhat about Kierkegaard), and I'd also like to know some of the contemporary authors.

However, what I usually end up reading is older stuff due to the fact that most of my reading is tied to college (majoring in philosophy). A lot of my reading is analytic, which is alright, I guess, but if I wanted to know more about contemporary Continental literature, it seems I'll have to do some legwork on my own.

Obviously, I've heard of Zizek. Where's a good place to start with him, and (especially if you think he's trash), who else of the Continental tradition do you think is worth reading (who is not yet part of the Continental "canon" ie. Nietzsche, Husserl, Sartre, Foucault)?

>> No.7865573

>>7865487
does anyone have the video where zizek is talking nonsens and random words are added in, all the words related to freud and stuff like that

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>>7865487

I haven't read enough Zizek to have a strong opinion on him yet but I like him so far.

Start with the 'Parallax View' and 'How to Read Lacan' to familiarize your self with his thought.

DO NOT listen to "The sublime object of Ideology" meme that gets chucked around on /lit/; their is zero chance that the people who suggest this as a starting point have ever read Zizek and you most certainly will no understand it.

If your interested in "continental" philosophy you should really read Kant, Hegel, Marx, Freud and Lacan; this is pretty much the toolkit to be able to read anything that is "continental".

Debord and Althusser are my favorite continentals if you want to look into them; both are similar to Zizek.

>> No.7865631

>>7865612
>Freud
I've read Civilization and its Discontents. It did seem pretty similar to Nietzsche, so what else should I move on from there? I assume you need a good grip on Freud (as well as Saussure?) to read Lacan, because, man, Lacan seemed like he was trying to pull a fast one on me, but I'm sure there's more to it than that.

I've read a bit of Kant, Marx, and Lacan, really basic stuff, I'll get into more of that as well. All I know about Hegel is really that he thought that history was a story of improvement until Prussia (I think?), which was the best ever.

Obviously I need to read more Hegel.

>> No.7865670

>>7865631

I'd just get "The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud" but in particular you'll need to read :

>The Ego and the Id
>The Interpretation of Dreams
>The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
>Totem and Taboo

To read Lacan you'll need to have a good grip on Kant, Hegel and Freud; Lacan is basically the love child of Hegel and Freud.

If you've already read Descartes and Hume then I would just start with Kant and read through who I listed chronologically.

>> No.7865684

>>7865573

https://youtu.be/xQbEgg_pEG0

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>>7865631
>>7865670

And yes you need to read Hegel; Continental philosophy is basically a Footnote to Hegel's work.

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>>7865684
kek

>> No.7867743

>>7865612

>Lacan

What do you recommend starting with for him?