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Didn't know it was available as a video:
I've never understood what he was getting at, although I suppose I should read the entire lecture before judging. I've encountered what Zizek claims are "French" toilets in Germany, and vice-versa. The transatlantic comparison is perhaps a bit more reliable. I cannot imagine an American buying, or even voluntarily using, the sort of German toilet Zizek describes here...
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Zbigniew Herbert: Barbarian In The Garden
The Polish poet travels through Western Europe in the early 1960s. He's got no money, no guarantee he'll be let back into his country, and a prodigious knowledge of European history. "If the gods protect one from organized tours (through insufficient funds or strong character), one should spend the first few hours in a new city following a simple rule: straight ahead, third left, straight ahead, third right. One can follow the curve of a sickle.... I have been walking for over an hour without coming across an historical monument."
Does the Zizek´s lecture have anything to do with Charles Peirce´s Categories? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categories_%28Peirce%29
Me and a friend are just wondering...
Posted by: Lígia | October 08, 2007 at 08:03 PM
Specialists refer to these as "Flachspüler" (flat flusher, "German" model), "Tiefspüler" (deep flusher, "French" model) and "Absaugklosett" (suction closet, "American" model). More insight on this under http://www.poofighters.de/ScheissdesMonats.htm
Posted by: Norbert | October 07, 2007 at 07:29 PM