Žižek's point is not that we need to resolve the separation between knowing and being. The point is to think this gap itself, without introducing any imaginary sense of completeness:
"And of course, the trap to be avoided here is precisely that of trying to formulate the totality parts of which are democratic ideology, the exercise of power, and the process of economic (re)production: if we try to keep them all in view, we end up seeing nothing; the contours disappear."
The Parallax View, p. 56
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An excellent ontological insight for anyone to keep in mind who purports to make claims about any (alleged) totality, for example, the "State". Unless we are focusing on the fundamental division or antagonism (parallax gap) that defines any such term, we are "reifying" or "hypostasizing". Put simply, we are employing a name for nothing.
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