/lit/ - Literature

>>13529662
holy fuck great stack faggot lmaoooo

>>12824698
For starters, I cannot recommend enough his entry on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. You could read it in a sitting or two and it outlines all of the basic aspects of his thought. If you're inexperienced with philosophy you might have trouble understanding some of it but thats sort of the thing with Zizek - whereas Peterson is known for dumbing down a lot of philosophy for his readers (in a bad way mostly) Zizek is the absolute opposite. Hegel and Lacan are two of the most obtuse thinkers in philosophy (Marx is far easier) and he draws on them non-stop.

tl;dr read his IEP entry and then read one of his books that are more pop culture oriented - I would recommend "First As Tragedy, Then As Farce." If you want a look at what his serious academic work looks like read the first chapter of "Sublime Object of Ideology" which is about 45-50 pages.

>>12654937
honestly I've read most of the pre-enlightenment and enlightement books here since i study political philosophy. I have to say they're almost pointless to read firsthand. If you could find a book which instead just summarizes them in plain english and provides insight i would recommend doing that instead, or watching lectures. The works are pretty shit in themselves i find and are mostly only useful if youre trying to read works that are directly inspired by them (for example Locke's Two Treatises and its influence on Nozick.) Insanely dry, longwinded, poorly written, as important as they are. Though this is perhaps just my opinion considering Im a socialist and so am focused more on later works.

Everything afterwards is more interesting and relevant imo. Even the ancient philosophical texts are really well written and deal with a lot of interesting complex themes rather than just like 300 pages of discussing property laws and shit.

I am about to finish a degree in political philosophy so if anyone has questions I can do my best to reccomend stuff or anything else although these lists are pretty good.

There's two types of Zizek to get into. There's the pop philosophy, which is entertaining and insightful in a basic sense, great for passing time and being introduced to basic ideas whether its a book or lecture.
Then there's Zizek's actual work which nobody reads. This shit is ridiculously dense and complicated at first glance. I'm actually presenting a lecture on Zizek's "magnum opus" The Sublime Object of Ideology in january and as someone who's read that multiple times, plus all the background research, AND I'm 1 semester away from a philosophy degree.. it's needlessly complicated. Just a fuck ton of references to insanely complicated ideas to justify small points. Despite the complicated jargon it is still very much a good contribution to the fields he draws on and I've learned a lot from him after the hours put in.
That being said, you can absolutely read him if you stick to the pop stuff. I would recommend First as Tragedy Then as Farce, and Violence. Read both and they're easy and succinct. His lectures on youtube and on his podcast are also pretty good (I recommend his lecture "On Racial Enjoyments")