/lit/ - Literature

>>11039985
>can't into the dialectic sublation of the form of lyric and content of music

>>11032052
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>Sits down next to you at a bar, forgetting that a: he dislikes alcohol and b: he is misanthropic and so on
>Makes several concessions and jokes to the bartender before taking out a newspaper from his coat, opening up to page 3, and showing the bartender a picture, presumably of himself
>"Just get me whatever you think that guy would like to drink and so on."
>Bartender brings a coffee mug with plain coffee
>"Aha, so is this coffee without cream or coffee without milk and so on? *sniff* In my Hegelian philosophy there is a difference, you know."
>Bartender leaves as he starts to make several "uhs" and tickles his nose
>Realizes he is sitting next to someone
>"Did you know that the only two good things to come out of 20th century communism are Andrei Platonov and also good political jokes and so on?"

>Sits down next to you at a bar, forgetting that a: he dislikes alcohol and b: he is misanthropic and so on
>Makes several concessions and jokes to the bartender before taking out a newspaper from his coat, opening up to page 3, and showing the bartender a picture, presumably of himself
>"Just get me whatever you think that guy would like to drink and so on."
>Bartender brings a coffee mug with plain coffee
>"Aha, so is this coffee without cream or coffee without milk and so on? *sniff* In my Hegelian philosophy there is a difference, you know."
>Bartender leaves as he starts to make several "uhs" and tickles his nose
>Realizes he is sitting next to someone
>"Did you know that the only two good things to come out of 20th century communism are Andrei Platonov and also good political jokes and so on?"

>>9244625
>work all day
>receive a small fraction of the value of what you create (just enough to keep you fed and housed so you can continue to work)
>not slavery

>Zizek
"In thish moment *sniff*, by means of pershonal feelings and sho on *swish*, I am in what Lacan would call the jouissance. But not becauje, you know, of any phony liberalism and totalitarianist ideology. Political, buddhism materialism and sho on. No, no *snort*... But becauje, you see, *swallows fly* of marxshist dialectic in the sense of the foucaultian genealogical method, *tugs shirt* there is this *sniff* enlightened shuffering that comes with tolerance, genocide, *unintentional voiced linguolabial trill* anti semitism, analogous to *wipes nose* some religious prophecy *sweats profusely* and sho on! *snort*"

in a 'pre-med' program but doing poorly with no current chances of getting into medical school and thinking about switching to pure math, something i was passionate about in grade 12 (2 years ago), but too unsure in my abilities to know if i'll do good in that either. confused as to how i went from feeling so safe to so lost.
can /lit/ recommend a novel or other reading for this feel?

What makes this guy so good?

>>8601309
Land and Molyneaux spend half the time picking apart minor inconsistencies in each others' theses while Zizek sneaks up behind and fists them

How is there not a single Zizek vote?

Where to start with the sniffman? His irrevent style intrigues me, but I have a vague idea what his work is actually like beyond a generally Leftist perspective on things. Is there a "Supposedly Fun Thing"-style entry level book?