Bayarea415 was a big fan of him, and so am I. Žižek is an incredibly original thinker, easily top 100 of this century. Their documentaries Pervert’s Guide on Cinema/Ideology and Dreamworlds series are some of my favourite videos, and today I watched Žižek’s competition debate with Jordan Peterson, where the latter looked like a curious, heartbroken old man.
finally realized why i do not like zizek, he aims to be elitist and incomprehensible, like he’s the only one in the world that can understand everything. he says words like “communism,” but what he’s really doing is post modernism. it’s like walking into an ideological death trap. post modernism is something the usa national security state has heavily funded for over a century
I recommend you check his debate with Peterson, where he rips apart Peterson for many minutes on post modernism and neo Marxism right wing crap. Relevant material for your doubts.
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I am also taken aback by his views on Russia’s operation. He is likely trying to play safe in Europe, with his doctorates and various positions. His documentaries were also insanely good.
Very disappointed. Muad also gave me a masterlist to read. Why do figures have to be like this?
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I will just savour his older documentaries and the Peterson debate. Might as well not exist for me since 2022.
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I still consider myself a baby leftist and by no means even half as educated as most of you here. I am very unconfident about identifying myself as anything beyond a socialist who can say the correct thing. This is how I transitioned: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/376206/comment/282571
But what I have always had is a very strong feeling to optimise things and do things for the greater good, learn a lot and never care about what the populist opinion is, being a rebel.
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It aint even like people were wondering what Zizek was thinking about the conflict. Like who asked him?
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He had JP in the palm of his hand, out manuvered him completely. Then he let him off the hook and showed mercy to his colleague.
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Yeah he cornered JP by asking him who the scary marxists are, where are they? JP simply couldn’t answer. But Zizek didnt really press hard enough on this. JP has no clue what he is talking about and cant even name a single marxist when asked, much less these heinous neo-post-mega-cultural-marxists that are destroying the fabric of western civilization or whatever. I feel like Zizek took mercy on him when JP was at his most vulnerable moment.
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JP was in a coma soon after. Zizek may have spared his life LMAO
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The problem is that these debates are purely theatrical. Nothing comes out of these except for a moment of spectacle. A prinicpled person sharing a stage with peterson would have clocked him in the jaw.
And honestly, Petersen’s takes on Marxism are so superficial that deconstructing them doesn’t take much education or intelligence. The guy has a following purely based on how charismatic he is, and his skill at guilting people. Zizek, of course, is un-guiltable. His “victory” against Petersen was due solely to that, not to any superior understanding of Marxism.
will try to check it out soon, thank you for the recommendation
watched one of the clips, and realizing i gotta watch the whole thing. listening to jordan petersons opening argument is not something i ever want to hear again
Watch it to know the weirdo and Zizek’s arguments. It is a fun watch. 2 hours 45 minutes.
glad i watched that, did answer a few questions i had about zizek. in long form, like this debate, what he is saying comes out more clear
I mean, what do we expect from someone who’s entire career is invested in Lacan?
Not knocking the meat of the philosophical ideas. They’re pretty interesting and compelling. But they’re also incoherent as fuck.