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.
He does some fine Marxist analysis of popular culture, ask him to provide meaningful insights into real life scenarios and he has sniff no idea, and so on, and so on.
Somehow the guy who wrote this is considered smart.
I mean, intelligence depends on the field, your math teacher is going to know a lot about math, but don’t ask them about politics. He understands Lacan so in my opinion that is where the most interesting takes are.
You got me.