The curious thing about the Žižek phenomenon is that the louder he applauds violence and terror—specially the terror of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao,

“The curious thing about the Žižek phenomenon is that the louder he applauds violence and terror—especially the terror of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, whose "lost causes" Žižek takes up in another new book, In Defense of Lost Causes—the more indulgently he is received by the academic left, which has elevated him into a celebrity and the center of a cult”

― Adam Kirsch, "The Deadly Jester", The New Republic, December 2, 2008





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