[lbo-talk] Fw: [DemocraticLeft] Why Zizek Can Not Be Taken Seriously

Michael Dawson mdawson at pdx.edu
Tue Dec 16 06:48:53 PST 2003



> forwarded without comment from the "democraticleft" message board where it
> was posted by Leo Casey, NY teacher's union functionary, who is obviously
> not a Zizek fan.
>
> R


> Slavoj Zizek, an ebullient star in the field, wrote
> theoretically inflected catalog copy for the "Back to
> School 2003" issue of the Abercrombie & Fitch
> Quarterly.
>
> =====
> Leo Casey

To me, this says nothing about theory's irrelevance or Zizek's ideas. What it does tend to confirm is why I dislike Zizek: He writes in jargon.



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