Zizek is entertaining and defends in his own way the idea of revolution and the continued existence of History in a way that makes him attractive. His politics are muddled, but when he's in town I go to listen to him speak for the anecdotes-- if not all the ideas. I think upper-middle class grad students are the cornerstones of his fanbase. Even though what attracted to me was the fact that he was willing to defend 1789 and 1917 in a way that wasn't in vogue in the mainstream--- his analysis of the French Revolution and his adoration of Saint-Just, the ranting about the imposition of "the Idea" by the violence and will of a minority and his gross misrepresentations of Lenin (Louis wrote a good article on this) is a bit revolting. Closer to Bruno Bauer than Karl Marx. This article however was quite tolerable.
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > Ernest Leif wrote: > > 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. > > Jeez, I have the same question. > ________________________________________________ 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
