Someone once asked me what I thought of Slavoj Zizek
Here is an excerpt:
Q: What does love feel like? A: Like a great misfortune, a monstrous
parasite, a permanent state of emergency that ruins all small
pleasures. Q: Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not meant it? A: All
the time. When I really love someone, I can only show it by making
aggressive and bad-taste remarks. Q: Tell us a secret. A: Communism
will win.
Here is the full interview, via Finoculous. It contains further revelations. A few months ago I spent some time browsing his latest book in Borders. He can’t simply admit: "I was a fool to follow Mao and Stalin" but instead he has to push the line "I just need to reinterpret everybody more and I will still find some movement for "egalitarian terror" [those two words are his] to sign on to." Grow up, I say, yet he is almost sixty years old.