[lbo-talk] Slavoj Zizek: The Philanthropic Enemy

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Tue Apr 4 18:06:29 PDT 2006


At 08:40 PM 4/4/2006, Nathan Newman wrote:


>----- 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

Which means you get to decide, right? and not "the people" -- those common folk -- you're supposedly speaking for. White boy! Please!



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