Ep. 54 - Prestige and Inequality
In this episode we discuss the social function of prestige. We esteem highly the one who comes from an elite school, gets published by an illustrious press, or has their art on exhibition at MoMA. But is our economy of prestige pernicious? Main episode begins at 17:06. If you like what you hear, find us on Patreon at patreon.com/therilkeanzoo for more content. Text: Slavoj Žižek and Boris Gunjević, God in Pain: Inversions of Apocalypse (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2012), 156-158.