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Zizek nails his colours to the imperialist mast
The limelight-hogging philosopher’s conversion to Nato is as opportunistic as it is offensive to the left and anti-war activists in particular, writes RON JACOBS
TO THE POINT: (Left) "Neither Putin nor Nato. Against war and rearmament," message from demonstrators in Munich last Saturday ahead of the G7 meeting, (right) Slavoj Zizek
[Zizek pic: matthew_tsimitak/flickr/CC]
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I HAVE to be honest. I’ve never looked to people like Slavoj Zizek for any genuine leftist analysis. His philosophical escapades can make interesting reading once one translates the academic jargon into a rhythmic method that one can extract some meaning from.
Once this happens, it seems to me that there aren’t a whole lot of original thoughts inside the covers of those books that left and university presses love to publish.
His act, which I’ve caught on YouTube videos a few times, reminded me of Krusty the Clown if he was on the university lecture circuit.
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