The New Haberdasher

dirigisme:

So, in today’s leftist politics, we seem in effect to be reduced to the choice between the “solid” orthodox attitude of proudly out of principle, sticking to the old (Communist or Social Democratic) tune, although we know its time has passed, and the New Labour “radical centre” attitude of going the “full Monty” in stripping, the last vestiges of proper leftist discourse

Theorist/philosopher Slavoj Zizek in ‘The Ticklish Subject’ (quote pulled from Jose Klein’s thought provoking, if flawed, book review over at Salon)

Zizek not only has good (and important) ideas, but the way he expresses them is nearly as important. He does not run for the cover of dense, overcomplex footnotes and build theory upon layers and layers of incoherent monologue; while he may sometimes be difficult to understand, ultimately his message (both in terms of its content and expression) is the most powerful of any philosopher for decades.

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