One Divides Into Two with Slavoj Zizek, Alenka Zupancic, and Mladen Dolar

One Divides Into Two
Dialectics, Negativity & Clinamen
A three-day international conference with Slavoj Žižek, Alenka Zupančič, and Mladen Dolar.

Christinenstr. 18-19, Haus 8
D-10119 Berlin
T +49 (0)30 473 7291-10
info(at)ici-berlin.org

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“One splits into two, two doesn’t merge into one.” The slogan made quite a stir in its day, combining the air of a purely mathematical axiom with a political mandate. Under the cloak of a universal truth there lies a political dagger. The formula combines under the same heading a mathematical adage, an ontological statement, and a political stance. So why does one split into two, necessarily, in mathematics, in ontology, and in politics? And why, once we arrive at Two, at a foundational split, can we never return to the supposed unity of One? The different lectures will explore this problem from Hegel to Lacan, from sexuality to politics.

March 28, 29, and 30, 2011

Slavoj Žižek:
“Hegel as a Critic of Marx: King, Sex, Rabble, and War”
“Hegel: Universality, Sexual Difference, and Differentia Specifica”

Alenka Zupančič:
“Realism in Psychoanalysis”
“Ontology and Sexual Difference”

Mladen Dolar:
“One Divides into Two”
“Hegel and Freud: Negativity and its Vicissitudes”

An initiative of Aaron Schuster, Gal Kirn, Pascale Gillot, and Ben Dawson

Registration starts on each day two hours before the first presentation and is only possible for the same day. Maximum of two tickets per person. Entrance is free, but the number of tickets is limited.

An ICI Berlin conference in collaboration with e-flux-journal, with the support of the
Slovenian Embassy.

Further information can be found at www.ici-berlin.org

Image by Jens Ludewig www.jlg-b.com