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.
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.