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The Only Good Neighbor is a Dead Neighbor
The Only Good Neighbor is a Dead Neighbor

Author(s): Slavoj Žižek
Subject(s): Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Институтот за општествени и хуманистички науки – Скопје
Keywords: neighbor; love; enemy; Kierkegaard; Christianity;

Summary/Abstract: An eerie event took place on the evening of November 7 1942,when, in his special train rolling through Thuringia, Hitler was discussing the day.s major news with several aides in the dining car; since allied air raids had damaged the tracks, the train frequently slowed its passage: .While dinner was served on exquisite china, the train stopped once more at a siding. A few feet away, a hospital train marked time, and from their tiered cots, wounded soldiers peered into the blazing light of the dining room where Hitler was immersed in conversation. Suddenly he looked up at the awed faces staring in at him. In great anger he ordered the curtains drawn, plunging his wounded warriors back into the darkness of their own bleak world..1

  • Issue Year: 1/2002
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 9-32
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English