Slavoj Zizek Wagner’s Ring as a Communist Narrative

Slavoj Zizek -- Masterclass -- day 3 -- Notes Towards a Definition of Communist Culture -- Wagner’s Ring as a Communist Narrative Event Date: Wednesday 17 June 2009 The master class analyses phenomena of modern thought and culture with the intention to discern elements of possible Communist culture. It moves at two levels: first, it interprets some cultural phenomena (from today’s architecture to classic literary works like Rousseau’s La Nouvelle Heloise) as failures to imagine or enact a Communist culture