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18878571 No.18878571 [Reply] [Original]

Is he a fraud? He doesn't really say anything interesting, even if you ignore all the sniffing and "and so on and so forth".

>> No.18878583

>>18878571
not a fraud but not a intellectual heavy weight either
but he still has god tier anecdotes

>> No.18878586

I agree that he doesn't have as much to say about the world or human nature as he would like you to believe. Read Sloterdijk instead.

>> No.18878597

>>18878571
>even if you ignore all the sniffing and "and so on and so forth".
have you read him? or do you just watch youtube?

>> No.18878603

Byung Chul Han is a lot better

>> No.18878606

he got famous for writing The Sublime Object of Ideology, which is a great text for looking at the intersection of Lacan, Marx, and Kant. That said, nothing he wrote after that was as good, for good reason. His ideas in Lacan are decent, but nothing amazing. He can explain some ideas very well, but he ultimately looks for ways to justify his own perversion (which is fine, that's one reading of Lacan, it just gets old after about 15 min)
his ideas on marx are quite good but not revolutionary (heh)
his kant work is good for kant work, which is saying something
but really he hasn't done anything earth shattering since his first work

if you want to understand why he got famous, read that.

>> No.18878628

>>18878583
yeah his anectodes are funny but I feel like that's the only thing he has going for him
everytime he is asked something that could be answered in a very thorough way like for example about racism he just shouts out one of his anectodes, for example the one with the blacks saying they'd like to be called niggers and feel treated like babies if you avoid it at all costs

>> No.18878646

>>18878597
OP cannot read.

>> No.18878693

Too be fair, everything worth saying about human nature has been said well before he was born

>> No.18878720

>>18878571
>The Sublime Object of Ideology
Read it

>> No.18878727

>>18878720
refer to >>18878646

>> No.18878744

>>18878571
If you're looking for substance, you probably shouldn't be reading Continentals.

>> No.18878747

>>18878571
>Is he a fraud?
Yes, but he doesn't pretend not to be.

>> No.18878753

>>18878571
He's a genuine thinker but I've outgrown my interest there.
I'm happy that a philosopher is somewhat famous!

>> No.18878841
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18878841

>>18878586
Correct.