Dear Ernest, this article by Zizek has little to do with what is generally (and generously) defined as "his ideas", which are as obscure as those of Heraclitus without the alibi of precedence in the history of philosophy.
Beginnings are always obscure, but willful obscurity is a sign of decadence. Many of Zizek´s so-called ideas are prime benchmarks for some Sokal test. However, I believe that here we are confronted with something different. I profit from the little space of this posting to just declare that Venezuela cannot have an "expansive" policy in Latin America, and thus I can´t leave Paula´s assertions uncommented, Moderator notwithstanding. What Paula calls "expansion" of Venezuela is more or less as if a Paula of yore had defined the policies of the Union States in the age of Lincoln an expansive move on the CSA. Neither is or was. Ernest Leif escribió: > I'm never sure what all fuss about Zizek is. He seems to me like the > Hipster's Marxist, and a thoroughly obtuse one at that. Maybe someone on > this list can explain the fascination with his ideas. > > ELB ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
