[Marxism] Examined Life

[Louis Proyect]

“Examined Life: Philosophy is in the Streets” is very much a follow-up 
to Astra Taylor’s “Zizek!,” a 2005 documentary that allowed the Lacanian 
cultural theorist to hold forth on a variety of topics. Not being 
particularly enamored of Zizek’s thought, I passed on this movie. I 
couldn’t resist the temptation to watch “Examined Life” since I heard 
good things about Taylor’s film-making skills even though I have to 
confess that I am no more eager to hear from the latest batch of 
subjects, which is heavily tilted in the postmodernist direction (Cornel 
West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Kwame Anthony Appiah, MarthaNussbaum, 
Michael Hardt, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor). Zizek 
makes another appearance but mercifully for only 10 minutes as is the 
case with the rest of the cast.

full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/examined-life/