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1、Referenceof'Tea&TalkwithProf.Zizek'atRenminUniversityofChina14:30-15:30,May17,2010Thereis,beyondallcheapjibesandsuperficialanalogies,aprofoundstructuralhomologybetweentheMaoistpermanentself-revolutionizing,thepermanentstruggleagainsttheossificationofStatestructures,andtheinhe
2、rentdynamicsofcapitalism.OneistemptedtoparaphrasehereBertoltBrecht’spun'Whatistherobbingofabankcomparedtothefoundingofanewbank?':whataretheviolentanddestructiveoutburstsofaRedGuardistcaughtintheCulturalRevolutioncomparedtothetrueCulturalRevolution,thepermanentdissolutionofall
3、life-formsnecessitatedbythecapitalistreproduction?Today,thetragedyoftheGreatLeapForwardisrepeatingitselfasthecomedyoftherapidcapitalistGreatLeapForwardintomodernization,withtheoldslogan“ironfoundryintoeveryvillage”re-emergingas“askyscraperintoeverystreet.”Or,toputitinabrutall
4、y-ironicway,theliquidationsoftheenemiesintheMaoistpurgesgiveswaytotheliquidationtotaleofthemarketsales(“Everythingmustgo!”).Sowhatif,inakindofunintendedandforthisreasonallthemorecruellyironicCunningofReason,theCulturalRevolution,withitsbrutalerasureofpasttraditions,wasa“shock
5、”whichcreatedtheconditionsfortheensuingcapitalistexplosion?WhatifChinahastobeaddedtoNaomiKlein’slistofstatesinwhichanatural,militaryorsocialcatastrophyclearedtheslateforanewcapitalistexplosion?Nowonder,then,that,inordertocurbtheexcessofsocialdisintegrationcausedbythecapitalis
6、texplosion,Chineseauthoritiesnowcelebratereligionsandtraditionalideologieswhichsustainsocialstability,fromBuddhismtoConfucianism,i.e.,theveryideologiesthatwerethetargetoftheCulturalRevolution.InApril2006,YeXiaowen,China’stopreligiousofficial,toldtheXinhuaNewsAgencythat“religi
7、onisoneoftheimportantforcesfromwhichChinadrawsstrength,”andhesingledoutBuddhismforits“uniqueroleinpromotingaharmonioussociety,”theofficialformulaforcombiningeconomicexpansionwithsocialdevelopmentandcare.Butcanreligiondothisjob?Theformulawhichjustifiesthisroleofreligionistheth
8、esisattributedtoDostoyevsky(althoughheactuallyneverformulatedit):'If