A Pervert's Guide to Ideology, Part 1: Ideology and Enjoyment.

Explore A Pervert's Guide to Ideology with Slavoj Žižek! Discover how films like The Sound of Music and The Matrix shape our desires and reinforce ideology.

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Slavoj Žižek uses film to explore the complex world of psychoanalysis, ideology and he argues that film is the most perverted kind of art because it tells us how to desire!

For those that have never heard of Slavoj Žižek, this series of articles will serve as a great introduction to the complex world of not only ideology but Slavoj's world! If you are familiar with Slavoj Žižek's work, you will come out with a new form of understanding and appreciation for his work.

In A Pervert's Guide to Ideology, Slavoj Žižek reviews The Sound of Music to The Matrix and cultural phenomena like what is the ideology of Coca-Cola! Stick around as I will break down every film and cultural phenomenon that the film explores!

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John Nada/ They Live (1988)

Ideology is the invisible layer between what we see and what something is: This idea is central to understanding the philosophy of Slavoj Žižek. Items as we see them are not strictly what they are. A great example is found in luxury items—when we see a luxury item, we are not only meant to recognize the brand, but we are also meant to create an association with the person. In a sense, there is an invisible layer that connects what an item is to what an item means to us.