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Intro: 0:00
Spirituality in Capitalism: 1:25
Buddhist Form: 3:39
Emergence of New Self-Help: 6:15
What Capitalism Really is: 8:17
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It's not entirely the same as Buddhism, but I've noticed that Stoicism has also been making a comeback as well. Stoicism seems to also preach a kind of radical acceptance of life circumstances and acceptance that the only thing you have control over are your own thoughts. I think that resonates with people today, certainly myself, since we are part of an incomprehensibly large global network.
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Buddhism's emphasis on flux and lack of personhood stands against current capitalism's emphasis on person. The "religion" of current capitalism is in fact romanticism, which emphasizes the concept of a separate self-contained entity - the person. This is why current capitalism accommodates liberalism, fascism and socialism alike. Because it accommodates any kind of conception so long that is based on concept of person - the person can be an owner (liberalism), the person can belong to a particular racial, religious, sexual or ethnic group (fascism), the person can be a worker (socialism). Current capitalism and Romanticism have emerged and persisted together for the past 250 years.
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Epoch finishes editing video. Wait- adds dust into background - perfect.
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"He understands that life will take care of him in some way, and the value that he provides will return to him." idk who Devin Nash is but yikes
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You had me at Zizek.
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I've been reading McMindfulness and the author mentions Zizek briefly! Highly recommend the book. It's written by someone who is Buddhist so his argument is that is stripped Buddhism of morality such as neoliberalism does more or less. It's not actually an attack on Buddhism.
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nice video dude.
the last time i heard Max Weber's foundational work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, referenced was over a decade ago.
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Hey man, I just wanted to tell you that this is becoming one of the most interesting channels.
Love the philosophy and ways Zizek approaches the concept of capitalism.
The vibe of the video is very good, not too long, not too short. And it leaves some interesting questions.
Sorry for spelling mistakes, if any. Greets, Belgium, Brussels (the hellhole you guys call it right?)
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Great channel, great work! I'm officially a new fan ;)
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That elasticity and ability to incorporate things with revolutionary potential that you mentioned, is discussed by Mark Fisher aswell in his book Capitalist Realism
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very enjoyable video. capitalism completely goes against the Buddhist ethic of non-attachment, non-clinging, and compassion (to others, to nature, to self), etc. one thing you got wrong is that the state religion of imperial japan is actually Shinto (along with the idea that the emperor is a descendant of the sun god--thus legitimizing violence); it's popular, but it's also a completely different belief system from Buddhism.
i don't think most people who proclaim to be Buddhists are anything of the sort. it can be fitted into capitalism very well because in modern practice, it has these "new age spirituality" aspects, is completely vague, repeats buzzwords like "mindfulness," appears "exotic," and doesn't require any commitment. also, i imagine simply signaling these hip new things to other people has its own value.
but, ultimately, i agree with zizek on this. capitalism is great at gutting and incorporating everything into itself and selling it back to you. i've seen a big increase in people talking about "meditation apps" which provide short guided meditations (they're also all over youtube), which are intended to provide quick stress-reduction/relaxation. this all goes along very well with the hectic capitalist lifestyle.
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Love your videos, and thank you for all the hard work. Hope this criticism is helpful. I'm distracted by the overuse of qualifiers: very, extremely, ultimately, and so on. I think omitting them would improve the videos.
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great video. always looking for more zizek content
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id say true buddhism (and i guess taoism to an extend too) itself was developped as a result of the realization of the inability of material wealth to bring inner satisfaction to the individual.
a perverted version could compliment capitalist development, but i think that spread of any type of buddhist/taoist spiritual movement that just remotely resembles the original movements would not only be possibly the most constructive way for the individual to deal with the psychologically detrimental effects of modern 'immortal' capitalism, it might also be the most efficient way of making it dissolve.
the heart of capitalism is no longer the enslavement to production, rather it is now the enslavement to consumption. these philosophies will likely result in a reduced desire for consumption and if spread widely enough they will probably cause the capitalist economy to collapse.
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Really interesting discussion, love watching these vids where I haven't really considered the question.
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"Of all the modern economic theories, the economic system of Marxism is founded on moral principles, while capitalism is concerned only with gain and profitability. (...) The failure of the regime in the former Soviet Union was, for me, not the failure of Marxism but the failure of totalitarianism. For this reason I still think of myself as half-Marxist, half-Buddhist."
-Dalai Lama
"Traditional economists emphasize importance to maximizing profits and individual gains, while the underlying principle of Buddhist economics is to minimize suffering (losses) for all living or non-living things. Studies conducted by Buddhist economists correlates that human beings show greater sensitivity to loss than to gains, and concluded that people should concentrate more on reducing the former"
-Wikipedia on Buddhist economics
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underrated channel, thanks for the video :)
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Hey amazing video. I know this is like a month after so don't know if you'll see this but the contemporary theologian Kathryn Tanner has a great book 'Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism'. The title is a play on Weber and what she tries to do is show how Christian thought and life is not only opposed to new capitalism (finance-dominated) but actually cuts directly across it.
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Daoism/Taoism is, however, not buddhism. In this video they are presented as generally the same thing but they are, at the very core, very different religion-philosophies. Daoism is focused on enjoying life while buddhism is about destruction of the self. Sure, there is zen buddhism, wich blend the two, but I did not hear this mentioned.
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Hello friends! I was able to get this video out much sooner than initially expected! I found Žižek's insight on this very question really fascinating and wanted to convey these ideas in video form. As always, we are pretty much only fan-funded, as a ton of my videos are constantly de-monetized or have very limited monetization. Patreon allows me to survive and continue to make these videos. If you really enjoy this stuff, please consider pledging a couple dollars a month: www.patreon.com/epochphilosophy
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