A much more useful concept is Zizek’s (2006) notion of the parallax. Parallax is not to be confused with paradox, which “in the primary and most important meaning, is an apparent contradiction; to repeat, the contradiction is only apparent, and indeed it expresses a profound truth” (Kainz 1998, 12). A parallax, on the other hand occurs when there are opposite but not necessarily opposing points of view: