Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 11:49:27 +0000 From: "steve.devos" <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.co.uk> Subject: Re: Zizek Deleuze Lydia Yes perhaps you are correct except in that a range of themes and concerns can be identified but what seems clear is that he is incapable of constructing something coherent - hence the statement that he is an anti-philosopher, but perhaps more to the point he does not seem to complete his cultural or politcal analysis. Perhaps the fantasy is simply falling apart. (I'm still trying to work out what the meaning of the terrible Sound of Music analysis is - anti-jewish? a reference to the elder protocols of ...?) regards steve Lydia Perovich wrote: > Just briefly, Eric, Steve: > > Zizek of Contingency, Universality, Hegemony is the exact opposite of > his 'pragmatist' persona we're discussing here. There he accuses > Laclau of having a political imagination colonized by capitalism > because he is not interested in discussing usefulness of Lenin and > what a new dictatorship of the proletariat might look like... and > besides, Zizek says, Laclau trusts social-democratic parliamentary > institutions too much... So you give up after a certain period of > time on trying to figure out where Zizek stands on specific issues. He > doesn't, he moves all the time. In philosophy as well. > > Back to other emails, > L > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/features&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca > >
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