One of the most prominent intellectuals in the contemporary world was named to the list of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers” in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012. He shares this distinction with the likes of Dick Cheney, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Mossad director Meir Dagan. The theorist’s best idea—according to this well-known publication that is a virtual arm of the U.S. State Department—is that “the big revolution the left is waiting for will never come.”

I’ve only read a quarter of this so far. I knew Zizek was a crank at times but wasn’t aware of all his chauvinist views lol. Not to mention the antisemitic views of the USSR being worse than Germany

  • JustAnotherCourier [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    And this is very fair, and thank you for the answer. These are all very fair critiques of Zizek (from my perspective as well) and I wish the article dealt with these issues without ripping and shredding clear context and intent. It's dishonest and I expected a bit more from Counter Punch, tbh.

    In this sense, yes he sucks. Many reasons to not embrace Zizek-thought as a worldview.