Zizek did the same thing with Lenin and Mao, if you didn't know. I think they're called Revolution at the Gates and Practice and Contradiction respectively.
Personally (since my opinion is fucking gold) I think he's a stooge and shill for empire by his practice, and theoretically implausible; what little of his stuff I read turned me off, and the more I learn about his flesh and blood politics the more I think he's a swindler. But then I couldn't ever swallow Lacan applied even to the individual psyche. You should write a post about what you think.
As long as your interested in essays on past revs, I hear that Lenin Reloaded is good.
I don't know. I assume you've read a lot of Zizek to come to that opinion. I have no idea. People seem to have very strong opinions on him, and many of those opinions seem to be dismissals. (That you call him a "stooge" and a "shill" resonates with what I've heard.) Being as I am, that makes me all the more inclined to give him a chance. I just haven't really had the time. Therefore, I recommend YOU write the post!
I might write up a brief reflection on the Robespierre essay. Already I find certain things suspect in it. There are certain general ideas I'll want the feedback of you and others on once I'm done.
"Since my opinion is fucking gold" - I'll have to remember that line, that's great.
Brown argues that, after the years of Terror and the removal of traditional checks against violence, that it was only the state's promise of security was able to command the loyalty of the people. The threat to the body politic caused citizens to invest themselves not in political activism, but in any authority that would gaurantee the protection of life and property. The outcome was a modern state that was able to greatly curb banditry and other dangers - but at the cost of the damage done to France's local, organic identities.
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I'm only a quarter of the way through the Robespierre essay, but I like it.
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As long as your interested in essays on past revs, I hear that Lenin Reloaded is good.
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Ahahaha! This really made me laugh out loud.
I don't know. I assume you've read a lot of Zizek to come to that opinion. I have no idea. People seem to have very strong opinions on him, and many of those opinions seem to be dismissals. (That you call him a "stooge" and a "shill" resonates with what I've heard.) Being as I am, that makes me all the more inclined to give him a chance. I just haven't really had the time. Therefore, I recommend YOU write the post!
I might write up a brief reflection on the Robespierre essay. Already I find certain things suspect in it. There are certain general ideas I'll want the feedback of you and others on once I'm done.
"Since my opinion is fucking gold" - I'll have to remember that line, that's great.
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http://www.upress.virginia.edu/books/brown2.HTM
Brown argues that, after the years of Terror and the removal of traditional checks against violence, that it was only the state's promise of security was able to command the loyalty of the people. The threat to the body politic caused citizens to invest themselves not in political activism, but in any authority that would gaurantee the protection of life and property. The outcome was a modern state that was able to greatly curb banditry and other dangers - but at the cost of the damage done to France's local, organic identities.
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Delete/screen my comment if it is totally out of line. You know I have barely a shred of human decency.
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You know there's a Zizek+Mao book out too...
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