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

[Michael Dawson]

> 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.