Slavoj Zizek, Mona Baker

Coprolalia on Syria, European pseudo-Leftists, and Žižek

September 20, 2015 Mona Baker Leil-Zahra Mortada, Translating Dissent

Posted by Leil-Zahra on 11/12/13 • Categorized as English I was a bit disappointed when I read Žižek´s article on Syria. It is true that the people in Syria have no excuse for not making a revolution, but compassion is a virtue. Maybe if “comrade” Žižek could´ve taken the time to scribble them a manual of “Revolution 101″ they could´ve been brought to their senses.

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Egypt, Leil Zahra-Mortada, Slavoj Zizek, Syria

Foucault, Fanon, Intellectuals, Revolutions

August 18, 2014 Mona Baker Translation

by Anthony Alessandrini [This article is the final in a three-part Jadaliyya series that looks at Foucault’s work in relationship to the legacy of French colonialism in North Africa. Read the first and second installments here: “The Dangers of Liberalism: Foucault and Postcoloniality in France” by Diren Valayden and “Justifications of Power”: Neoliberalism and the Role of Empire by Muriam Haleh Davis.] My theoretical