[lbo-talk] Slavoj Zizek: The Philanthropic Enemy

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org
Tue Apr 4 17:40:17 PDT 2006


----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Claxton" <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>

Nathan wrote:
>theorizing outside the needs of class struggle.

-Who decides what's outside? You don't like Zizek. Fine. But saying -he's "outside the needs of class struggle" isn't a critique. It's an opinion.

If he isn't useful, by definition he's outside the needs of class struggle, since anything that serves such needs is by definition useful.

-- Nathan Newman



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