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sarawalker's review against another edition
تیکهی بلیدرانرش جالب بود.
اون تیکههای محورمقاومتی و حملهها به جنبش میتو
اون تیکههای محورمقاومتی و حملهها به جنبش میتو
books_ergo_sum's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
“What can we learn from Hegel about Donald Trump and his liberal critics? Quite a lot, surprisingly.”
The thesis of this collection of essays was that ideology has changed. We’re no longer deceived by ideology—we know politicians are bought by lobbyists, we know most of them are narcissistic clowns, we know companies exploit people and the planet… and yet, ideology still functions. Keeping power in the hands of the few. Hence, a thief in broad daylight. So what do we do?
This collection of essays was typically Žižek: it combined movie analysis, commentary about political events in tons of countries, personal anecdotes, and philosophy—mostly Hegel. I'm more of a Hegel scholar myself, so I'm always impressed at how Žižek interprets Hegel without falling into the usual analytical or marxist interpretation traps.
No contemporary philosopher gets at the heart of the problem the way Žižek does. If only he would also explain what the solution is, that’d be even better.
The thesis of this collection of essays was that ideology has changed. We’re no longer deceived by ideology—we know politicians are bought by lobbyists, we know most of them are narcissistic clowns, we know companies exploit people and the planet… and yet, ideology still functions. Keeping power in the hands of the few. Hence, a thief in broad daylight. So what do we do?
This collection of essays was typically Žižek: it combined movie analysis, commentary about political events in tons of countries, personal anecdotes, and philosophy—mostly Hegel. I'm more of a Hegel scholar myself, so I'm always impressed at how Žižek interprets Hegel without falling into the usual analytical or marxist interpretation traps.
No contemporary philosopher gets at the heart of the problem the way Žižek does. If only he would also explain what the solution is, that’d be even better.
poopdealer's review against another edition
3.0
i noticed there are no reviews so i wanna say that i like it when daddy talks about bladerunner
messyreader's review against another edition
2.75
lenin, hegel, lalaland and trump in one book is just too much for me
bunnyju's review against another edition
informative
reflective
4.5
Really interesting although at times he feels like he’s rambling about some random pop culture ou historical fact. It is a “light” way of consuming really difficult concepts to think abstractly
silea's review against another edition
Old Cis Herero White Man rants about Identity politics. *yawn* oh look he has a podcast too.
trapper's review against another edition
1.0
Boring book. Lots of digressions. Barely connected topics. The author repeats analyses and stories from his other books, so he almost says nothing new. A few logically weak arguments in this book. I find it to contain incoherent points. The author loves to change the subject constantly only to get to the point eventually, which I found frustrating and pointless. The author is all over the place. This book is not for me. It was a waste of money and time.
liambaker19's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
miguelf's review
4.0
In listening to Zizek’s podcast for the past few years, even though I might not fully take in all of his ideas and points, I can at least appreciate his many themes and of course always be entertained with his humor and very wide criticism on a range of topics. All of those tropes are on display in ‘Like a Thief’; the philosophical musings that always seem to involve Hegel, the dirty Communist-era jokes, the film criticism, and the social commentary. Films reviewed range from Lubitch to Black Panther (!), and the social commentary touches on quite a few of the current hot button social issues – ones that others tread lightly on but Zizek appears more than happy to expound on. Always entertaining, sometimes baffling. One unfortunate issue is that the audiobook is read not with the very familiar and iconic Zizek voice, but by a voice actor and unfortunately a difficult-to-understand British one at that.