"According to liberal communist ethics, the ruthless pursuit of profit is counteracted by charity: charity is part of the game, a humanitarian mask hiding the underlying economic exploitation. Developed countries are constantly ‘helping’ undeveloped ones (with aid, credits etc), and so avoiding the key issue: their complicity in and responsibility for the miserable situation of the Third World". Nothing new here, but some of it is worth re-stating. Full article here.
And here's another one: Resistance is Surrender. It's a bit messy, not very innovative and not as well thought-out as some theology out there. Still, at least it takes on the right issues and reviews some resistance approaches, so I thought I'd still link to it.
Maybe I don't like Zizek, I only like the topics he writes about and some of his (occasional) strokes of genius.
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I have similar feelings about Zizek. Every now and again he really nails something and puts some sort of fantastic spin (or reversal) on a popular thought but, as you say, he's often rather messy in the way in which he strings together his arguments, which makes me quite frustrated with him.
Really, I think he's a good example of the laziness that those who are truly brilliant can afford. He's got such a sharp mind that he can come up with some damn good material -- even if he doesn't know his subject matter all that well (the way in which he goes about reviewing movies is a good example: he has said that he learns enough about the movie to then begin to formulate his own thought trajectory -- but he doesn't actually watch the movie, just in case it contradicts him! I'm inclined to think that the same thing occurs in many of his reflections on Christianity).
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