Zizek's absolutely wrong on Ukraine, and another host of topics. Where I will counter his value is that he actively held open the door for pursuit of other leftist thought; his willingness to engage with Stalin, Lenin, Mao as legitimate actors was a unique good no one else with his platform offered. As I mentioned, it opened up the door to my own radicalization. This defense is certainly not enough to treat him seriously, of course.
That said I am not aware of any mass movement of people pursuing Zizek thought at this point though. Perhaps I'm in a bubble, but does anyone actually care about what he has to say unless it's about hotdogs or movies?
there were bouts of the far right in brazil using zizek's words as totems, but as far as i can tell nothing much more than that. that said, though i'm not a big reader of zizek i'd hope that his words were distorted in that radio free europe interview. because otherwise all i see from down here is european chauvinism. i don't deny your points in the OP either, of course. there is such a thing as dumb criticism too.
Not a lot of people read Zizek, I think, because his books are like this: [joke] [joke] [joke] [obscure Lacanian interlude] [joke] [joke] [obscure Lacanian interlude]...
Zizek's absolutely wrong on Ukraine, and another host of topics. Where I will counter his value is that he actively held open the door for pursuit of other leftist thought; his willingness to engage with Stalin, Lenin, Mao as legitimate actors was a unique good no one else with his platform offered. As I mentioned, it opened up the door to my own radicalization. This defense is certainly not enough to treat him seriously, of course.
That said I am not aware of any mass movement of people pursuing Zizek thought at this point though. Perhaps I'm in a bubble, but does anyone actually care about what he has to say unless it's about hotdogs or movies?
there were bouts of the far right in brazil using zizek's words as totems, but as far as i can tell nothing much more than that. that said, though i'm not a big reader of zizek i'd hope that his words were distorted in that radio free europe interview. because otherwise all i see from down here is european chauvinism. i don't deny your points in the OP either, of course. there is such a thing as dumb criticism too.
Not a lot of people read Zizek, I think, because his books are like this: [joke] [joke] [joke] [obscure Lacanian interlude] [joke] [joke] [obscure Lacanian interlude]...
to be fair i like jokes
Zizek is hilarious and I think there is some value to his ideas, but when push comes to shove he is a fuckin' lib.