----- Original Message ----- From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 3:57 PM Subject: Re: Zizek on NATO
> Doug:
> >I asked Slavoj Zizek to clarify his position on the Kosovo war. He
> >responded by sending me a 22-page piece, "NATO as the Left Hand of
> >God," which is a longer version of a piece that has appeared
> >elsewhere. It was written for a Verso collection on the war, but the
> >editors rejected it.
> >
> >I haven't read it yet (though I'm about to). I'll send a copy to
> >anyone who asks.
>
> Thanks for sending me a copy. The oddest comment in the entire piece is
this:
>
> "One thing is for sure: the NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia did change the
> global geopolitic coordinates. The unwritten pact of peaceful coexistence
> (the respect of each state's full sovereignty, i.e. non-interference in
> internal affairs, even in the case of the grave violation of human rights)
> is over...."
>
> Then again, it's not really "odd" if you dont think of Zizek as a
"leftist"....
>
> Yoshie
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