[lbo-talk] Re: Slavoj Zizek: The Philanthropic Enemy

Mark Bennett mab at straussandasher.com
Thu Apr 6 09:07:27 PDT 2006


On Behalf Of Doug Henwood

Simon Huxtable wrote:


>Just to go back to the article for a second, does
>anybody else groan when Zizek uses the same metaphor
>time and time again? No, Slavoj, no! Not the chocolate
>laxative again!

No kidding! That man repurposes material like crazy. The chocolate laxative has been around for years - it's in Astra's movie, which was filmed more than a year ago, and he must have used it a dozen times in print.

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Chomsky does the same thing. I suppose that is one of the tactics such fellows employ in response to the demands on their time. There are only so many hours in a day, and all that. . .



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