Examining Heidegger’s seduction by fascism and Foucault’s flirtation with the Iranian Revolution, Zizek suggests that these were the “right steps in the wrong direction.” He argues that while the revolutionary terror of Robespierre, Mao and the Bolsheviks ended in historic failure and monstrosity, this is not the whole story. There is, in fact, a redemptive moment that gets lost in the outright liberal-democratic rejection of revolutionary authoritarianism and the valorization of soft, consensual, decentralized politics.

Zizek’s new book: In Defense of Lost Causes

Article now here for perusal:

http://www.wpunj.edu/newpol/issue37/Afary37.htm