Slavoj Žižek as internet philosopher

Abstract

I want to introduce three different ways of thinking about Slavoj Žižek with respect to the Internet: methodology, reception, theory. First, the ways in which Žižek constructs his texts and makes his arguments can best be understood in the digital, connected practice of the Internet; second, how we in turn read, or DO NOT read, or consume or watch Žižek and his texts and performances signifies something new, post-book or post-codex, about his practice; third, his concept of the "obscene underside of the Law" is a way to talk about various Internet subcultures and texts: LOLcats and trolls, but especially Nigerian spam.