tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282058542643659653.post1968788064966520511..comments2024-01-27T16:02:00.027-05:00Comments on Marxist update: Badiou & Zizek: Letter to an Indian comradeJay Rothermelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531989615494104215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282058542643659653.post-91609134461547600852012-03-18T00:40:30.559-04:002012-03-18T00:40:30.559-04:00Thank you Chris and ماثيوThank you Chris and ماثيوJay Rothermelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531989615494104215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282058542643659653.post-12505732567820782922012-03-09T11:27:21.811-05:002012-03-09T11:27:21.811-05:00I often get very excited when I read Zizek, feel l...I often get very excited when I read Zizek, feel like he is bringing insight in a "Marxist" way when so often Marxist critiques can sound like the most prattling jargon-laden rants. Of course I always agree wholeheartedly when Alan Woods writes something, but it just feels tired. I feel like I've made a truce with reading Zizek, I will accept his academic-primadonna cynicism in exchange for really interesting takes on what's happening exactly now. He did a piece on the concept of "surplus wages" a few months ago that I thought was fantastic. I think that Marxist analysis can be playful and inclusive of things like Lacan and Deleuze and still have something traditionally radical to say. As long as in the last resort he isn't dismissive of the un-ironic scrappy long-term work of building a Marxist-Leninist Cadre. As a young person, I can say from experience, the work of someone like Ivor Southwood is who I want to be discussing at Marxist reading groups, not Trotsky. There is an importance in responding to and addressing the angst and issues of the moment, and leading those frustrations and emotions to their Marxist conclusions, not just repeating how the vanguard party is the final part of the puzzle.ماثيوhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994762982241184748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5282058542643659653.post-43640504308750056442012-03-09T10:25:48.148-05:002012-03-09T10:25:48.148-05:00I recently read a Badious book "Ethics,"...I recently read a Badious book "Ethics," along with an interview by him in the after-forward, followed by 2 hours of him lecturing with Cornel West on youtube. I couldn't find a single instance of "Marxism" in his entire philosophical outlook.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com