Correspondence A. N. Mendes Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Dr. Arnaldo 715, São Paulo, SP 01246-904, Brasil. [email protected] The philosopher Slavoj Žižek, in his discussion of capitalism and its current crisis, states that capitalism is a movement with a properly worldless character 1. Žižek bases his discussion on Alain Badiou, who associates this world concept ...