Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 18:53:41 -0400 From: NZ <pretzelworld-AT-gmail.com> To: deleuze-guattari-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [D-G] Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual i hope this is bettter then his other one ("zizik!" from last year, why does he put out so many movies and books, is he a "popluar" philosopher?)... I have read some of his writings before.... his recent essays at lacan.com are very annoying to me, he pretends to talk about "current events" like terrorism and unemployment and trendy movies... kinda like a les uptight p.virilio.... and he comes off sounding like a regular capitalist mouthpiece (excusing the issues rather then picking them up and booting down the staircase) ...except he's a lot more well read then a regular capitalist, and trys to confuse his readers w/ complicated rhetoric....(like his quoting stalin, why?) its just my opinion, I'm sure there is more to him, I just am unable to see what... I do like his comments about the difficulty visualizing the destruction of the capitalist machine.. ie. you can't visualize it, can you? yet debord could pefectly well. Also I dont understand his total dismissal of marx on account of lacan, how is this leap of faith possible, is there an explaination other then just pointing to lacan? He mentions this dismissal in several of his books but I haven't seen him go more in depth then just 3-4 paragraphs and I find that to be way too terse for sweeping marx away, marx wrote thousands of pages and most of it is very dense, I gues thats a lot to read compared to 3-4 paragraphs for someone... oh well! I wish I could understand this fellow. _______________________________________________ List address: deleuze-guattari-AT-driftline.org Info: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/deleuze-guattari-driftline.org Archives: www.driftline.org
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