Re: [Marxism] Zizek interview in the FT

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ruthless Critic of All that Exists wrote:
> This is unfair...he is a cultural theorist, so he focuses on culture.
> Are you also going to criticize Gindin or Panitch on the basis that
> they "only talk about economics"?

I agree that he is a cultural theorist, but the FT refers to him 
repeatedly as a Marxist and that is the reputation he enjoys.

> The question here is: thus culture play a role? Since at least
> Gramsci, Marxists have believed that yes, it does.

As somebody who reviews a movie a week, I can say that culture does play 
a role. But I also write about socio-economic forces such as, for 
example, the role of slavery in the origins of capitalism. Zizek is 
strictly a lightweight on such matters.

> I don't think Zizek ever said that *only* culture matters. Where is he
> saying that in the above passage?

Look, if you think that the rise of Stalin was a family values response 
to Bolshevik sexual experimentation, be my guest.

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