2NC Lutz Extension Extend the Lutz evidence there are an infinite number of frameworks between degrees – – there are two opposite extremes, and everything in between, the aff could pick any of these frameworks, jacking predictability and Lutz says anyone can idealize about a perfect – world, but our duty as debaters is to prescribe pragmatic policies that can actually have real change ***Boggs Debate*** 2NC Boggs Extension Extend the Boggs card a failure to engage politics leaves a vacuum for elites to fill with – racist, imperialist, warmongering policies critiques of the state fail and lead to more – authoritarianism Exposing the flaws of the system does nothing real change must start with the state – Johnston 5 (Adrian, Dept of Philosophy, New Mexico University, International Journal of Zizek Studies, Vol. 1)JFS However, the absence of this type of Lacan-underwritten argument in political thought indicates something important. Žižek’s socio- the tactic of in the guise of and points to Žižek describes “lying truth” Following Lacan, instances of late-capitalist cynicism as a key example knowing the is a vacuous sham produces of this (here, cynically truth that System” “the no real change in behavior, no decision to stop acting this big Other is something with genuine “as if” substantiality).149 starting point of the critique of ideology has to be full proclaims that, Žižek “the acknowledgement of the fact that it is easily possible to lie in the guise of truth.”150 Although the Lacanian blurring between thinking and practical action might be true, of the boundary theoretical very well completely accepting it as true risks strengthening a convenient alibi—the inevitably creation of this alibi has long been a fait avoidance of praxis. accompli for which Lacan alone could hardly be held responsible—for the worst sort of intellectualized Academics can reassure themselves that their inaccessible, abstract musings, convincingly the publications of which
2NC Lutz Extension Extend the Lutz evidence – there are an infinite number of frameworks between degrees – there are two opposite extremes, and everything in between, the aff could pick any of these frameworks, jacking predictability – and Lutz says anyone can idealize about a perfect world, but our duty as debaters is to prescribe pragmatic policies that can actually have real change ***Boggs Debate*** 2NC Boggs Extension Extend the Boggs card – a failure to engage politics leaves a vacuum for elites to fill with racist, imperialist, warmongering policies – critiques of the state fail and lead to more authoritarianism Exposing the flaws of the system does nothing – real change must start with the state Johnston 5 (Adrian, Dept of Philosophy, New Mexico University, International Journal of Zizek Studies, Vol. 1)JFS However, the absence of this type of Lacan-underwritten argument in Žižek’s socio- political thought indicates something important. Following Lacan, Žižek describes instances of the tactic of “lying in the guise of truth” and points to late-capitalist cynicism as a key example of this (here, cynically knowing the truth that “the System” is a vacuous sham produces no real change in behavior, no decision to stop acting “as if” this big Other is something with genuine substantiality).149 Žižek proclaims that, “the starting point of the critique of ideology has to be full acknowledgement of the fact that it is easily possible to lie in the guise of truth.”150 Although the Lacanian blurring of the boundary between theoretical thinking and practical action might very well be completely true, accepting it as true inevitably risks strengthening a convenient alibi—the creation of this alibi has long been a fait accompli for which Lacan alone could hardly be held responsible—for the worst sort of intellectualized avoidance of praxis. Academics can convincingly reassure themselves that their inaccessible, abstract musings, the publications of which
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