[Connor_Creegan]

As someone who dressed up as Žižek at a Halloween party in my early twenties, I must say the man remains a puzzle to me. Or rather, it remains puzzling to me how he doesn't see the connections between the facets of culture that he criticizes (as in this piece) and the legacy that he defends. He is certainly intelligent enough, but perhaps lacks the courage to dismiss centuries of revolutionary legacy as ultimately vain. This, I think, is the hardest step most secularists have to make in their journey toward Truth.

[red-iron-pine]

He gets paid to say things. You know his name because he says famous or controversial things -- so even if he sees the connections, why would he bite?

[Connor_Creegan]

My own exposure to him was primarily through his early works, which are at least worth reading to get a good grip on his intellectual genealogy. I think his foundational commitment to Hegel is ultimately what prevents him from repudiating Prometheus and revolution, not necessarily the fact that his thoughts are sanctioned by money.