Category: Zizek
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David Horowitz versus Slavoj Zizek
A lively debate with Julian Assange in the middle. Horowitz talks sense as usual while Zizek appears to be off his meds. Horowitz: "The natural state of mankind is war." Of course. Lefties would understand this if they weren't in a permanent state of self-colonoscopy. 16:00 Horowitz on religion and leftism as ersatz religion. 18:04…
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Slavoj Žižek: Plagiarism Proven
Malcolm Pollack has the details. Hats off to our mutual blogger buddy Deogolwulf for his work of exposure. 'Žižek' names a MavPhil category, not that the Continental bullshitter deserves one. While you are at Pollack's site, poke around: he has some excellent recent posts.
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Slavoj Žižek on the Difference Between Communism and National Socialism
Another old post from my first weblog, written 16 August 2004. I'd best capture these old posts before Google pulls the plug. ……………… My tendency as a conservative is to see moral equivalence between Communism and National Socialism. This equivalentism is reflected in my occasionally calling Communists ‘Commies.’ This offends some, but if National Socialists…
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Another Specimen of Bad Continental Philosophy: Slavoj Zizek on Christian Universalism
Over lunch a while back, a young friend asked me what I thought of Zizek. "Not much," was my reply. Here is a bit of justification, an old post (20 September 2004) from my first weblog. …………….. Slavoj Zizek in On Belief (Routledge, 2001, pp. 143-144) has this to say: What is perceived here as…