That article was a disppointment: nothing new and not much depth to the analysis. The tone too was rather flat. Strange.
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Yes.
Zizek often re-works previously created essays again and again and again. Some call it simple recycling but it appears to be more a compulsion (or perhaps 'strong motivation is closer to the mark) to endlessly re-write.
The results are not always successful.
The original form of the Foreign Policy article appeared in an earlier edition of Lacanian Ink --
I believe it's a much sharper presentation.
DRM