Enjoy Your Symptom!
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"Enjoy Your Symptom!" is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Slavoj Žižek that uses Lacanian theory and popular culture to explore the structure of ideology and subjectivity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Enjoy Your Symptom! canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4158596 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Enjoy Your Symptom! Context triple: [Slavoj Žižek, notableWork, Enjoy Your Symptom!]
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A.
You Are All Diseased
You Are All Diseased is a 1999 stand-up comedy special and album by George Carlin known for its dark, incisive social and political commentary.
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B.
Good for You
"Good for You" is the first full-length studio album by American rapper Aminé, showcasing his playful, melodic take on hip-hop and cementing his breakout following the success of his single "Caroline."
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C.
The Fun of It
The Fun of It is a 1932 memoir by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, recounting her experiences in early aviation and encouraging women to pursue flying.
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D.
Cry to Laugh
"Cry to Laugh" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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E.
Glad to Be Unhappy
"Glad to Be Unhappy" is a melancholy standard from the Rodgers and Hart songbook that has been widely recorded in jazz and pop interpretations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Enjoy Your Symptom! Target entity description: "Enjoy Your Symptom!" is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Slavoj Žižek that uses Lacanian theory and popular culture to explore the structure of ideology and subjectivity.
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A.
You Are All Diseased
You Are All Diseased is a 1999 stand-up comedy special and album by George Carlin known for its dark, incisive social and political commentary.
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B.
Good for You
"Good for You" is the first full-length studio album by American rapper Aminé, showcasing his playful, melodic take on hip-hop and cementing his breakout following the success of his single "Caroline."
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C.
The Fun of It
The Fun of It is a 1932 memoir by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, recounting her experiences in early aviation and encouraging women to pursue flying.
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D.
Cry to Laugh
"Cry to Laugh" is a song featured on the album *Heigh Ho* by American singer-songwriter Blake Mills.
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E.
Glad to Be Unhappy
"Glad to Be Unhappy" is a melancholy standard from the Rodgers and Hart songbook that has been widely recorded in jazz and pop interpretations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophy book ⓘ psychoanalytic theory book ⓘ |
| author | Slavoj Žižek ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| exploresConcept |
desire
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ideological fantasy ⓘ subject formation ⓘ symptom ⓘ the Real (Lacanian) ⓘ
linked to:
the Real, the Imaginary, and the Symbolic
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| focusesOn |
cinema
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film theory ⓘ popular culture analysis ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural theory
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philosophy ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| hasPart | essays ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hegelian philosophy
ⓘ
Jacques Lacan ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | essay collection ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Lacanian psychoanalysis
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ideology ⓘ popular culture ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| originalPublisher |
Routledge
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linked to:
Routledge & Kegan Paul
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| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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critical theory ⓘ |
| usesTheoryOf | Jacques Lacan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Enjoy Your Symptom! Description of subject: "Enjoy Your Symptom!" is a philosophical and psychoanalytic work by Slavoj Žižek that uses Lacanian theory and popular culture to explore the structure of ideology and subjectivity.
Referenced by (1)
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