but hes right about a lot of things. kind of sad that this 72 year old is one of the most influential intellectual on the left today

edit: I think this post was taken in the wrong way. You should read Zizek, he does have good ideas. I call him a "grifter" not to shut down his ideas, but rather as an acknowledgement of his limitations.

  • geikei [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Zizek is pretty good all things considered, just dont consume him through youtube videos or through the heaviest of his books. His articles or short pieces are usualy quite digestable (for zizek standards) and interesting. At least he , even now, has still new things to say and insights to give (many of which not easy to arive at) even if a lot is him throwing shit on the wall. Especially compared to other "figureheads" like uncle Noam who sadly hasnt tried to give a new insight or analysis in 20 years

    For example Jacobin kinda sucks yeah, but his talk there last month was quite interesting. His historical views and anecdotes on the Russian revolution and that chaotic period and using that as base to make an argument of "return to Lenin" and his visionary and undogmatic "radical opportunism"(meant in the best possible way by zizek)