Zizek and Politics

Sharpe, Matthew; Boucher, Geoff

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“…This conceptualisation is remarkably similar to Žižek’s (2008: 28, 30, 185–186) idea of ‘enlightened false consciousness’ or ‘ideological cynicism’, in which one ‘believes through the other’: as Sharpe and Boucher (2010: 55) summarise,Although I am not taken in by the ideological ‘bullshit’, I believe through the Others, whom I suppose do truly believe. These Others are the dupes; I keep my inner distance.…”

Section: Smartdom and Ideologysupporting

confidence: 68%

Kayfabe, Smartdom and Marking Out: Can Pro-Wrestling Help Us Understand Donald Trump?

Moon

2020

Political Studies Review

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Donald Trump has enjoyed a nearly 30-year relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment as a business partner, fan, in-ring performer and 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee. Noting this long running involvement, it has become a widespread contention that Trump’s style as a political campaigner owes a debt to his experiences within the world of professional wrestling. Taking such claims seriously, this article argues that an engagement with concepts developed within professional wrestling studies would benefit political studies by offering new analytical approaches for the study of the political phenomenon that is Donald Trump. Providing a brief introduction to professional wrestling studies, this article outlines how the concepts of kayfabe, smart fandom and marking out help address a key question for political scholars: how to explain a cynical American electorate’s engagement with and emotional investment in the campaign of such an obvious political fraudster.

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Section: Smartdom and Ideologysupporting

confidence: 68%

Kayfabe, Smartdom and Marking Out: Can Pro-Wrestling Help Us Understand Donald Trump?

Moon

2020

Political Studies Review

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“…Existing studies have examined specific policy disappointments (Barany 2019;Villanueva 1992) and the personal, institutional, and situational factors leading to women leaders' unsuccessful performance (dos Santos and Jalalzai 2021;King 2002;Middleton 2019). Anecdotal evidence suggests that historic firsts feel a heavy burden that they "are not allowed to fail" (Ducharme 2018;Friedman 2014;Sharpe 2015). However, there is scarce empirical evidence showing that the public's perceptions of women in politics after such exits.…”

Section: Failure and Symbolic Representationmentioning

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A Trailblazer or a Barrier? Dynastic Politics and Symbolic Representation of the First Female President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye

Lee

2022

Pol & Gen

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What is the impact on symbolic representation of female leaders who are seen as failures? Do women from political dynasties elicit symbolic representation? I answer these questions by analyzing how Park Geun-hye’s election as the first woman president of South Korea and her subsequent impeachment shaped voters’ perceptions of women’s potential and contribution as political leaders. Utilizing an original survey and focus groups, I argue that South Korean voters overall did not recognize Park’s election as the country’s first female president as a symbol of women’s political empowerment because of her dynastic background and her failure to promote women-friendly policies. Although she received credit for being the historic first, women across the political spectrum were concerned that the epic failure of the first female president would reinforce voters’ reluctance to vote for women. This study emphasizes the importance of adopting an intersectional approach in studying symbolic representation.

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Žižek’s Political Theology

Koltaj

2019

Žižek Reading Bonhoeffer

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Zizek and Politics

Cited by 29 publications

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Kayfabe, Smartdom and Marking Out: Can Pro-Wrestling Help Us Understand Donald Trump?

Kayfabe, Smartdom and Marking Out: Can Pro-Wrestling Help Us Understand Donald Trump?

A Trailblazer or a Barrier? Dynastic Politics and Symbolic Representation of the First Female President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye

Žižek’s Political Theology

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