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]...
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.