Zizek called him comrade in an email, W. says. It was a fine moment. He'd been put in charge of inviting Zizek to speak. They'd corresponded: emails went to and fro. And then W. sent Zizek a piece he had written, taking up something or other Zizek had said. And Zizek's next email to him began Dear Comrade …
Dear Comrade … And for a moment, W. pictured himself alongside Zizek on some barricade or another – some philosophical barricade …
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