Who is Zizek and why is he a meme? Is he a good philosopher or what?

>>8388310
As with all continental philosophers after Heidegger, he is a worthless charlatan pseudo-intellectual obfuscatory erudite whose absolutely meaningless thoughts are not worth the paper they are written on

probably one of the most intelligent people alive

it's only redditor normies with 'hurr dude coke xd' jokes comments on youtube videos who dislike him (or any philosopher because dude science lmao)

>>8388310
He's philosopher of the continental tradition. People who have no idea what they're talking about and who've read little will say all sorts of things about him because of this.

That's why you'll see people say "Zizek's a posturing moron with nothing to say" or what have you. They haven't read him or the basics of continental philosophy. He's a very very smart man with some interesting work.

>>8388310
One of the most brilliant minds living today. His lectures are funny and intelligent. His books are difficult to read. Critics doesn't read his books and #lmao at the lectures.

Just see any lecture on youtube to get started. If you dare to read him read Sublime Object. His main inspirations are Lacan, Hegel and the Frankfurter school which puts him in a continental philosophy tradition.

>>8388310
He's a reactionary masquerading as one of the left.

Chomsky presents much more coherent philosophy while also not being a massive hypocrite.