Zizek's Communist Revolution

[indya]

I remember hearing in one of his speeches that he doesn't believe that there is going to be a physical violent revolution which is classically described by Marx. He didnt describe what he does believe though. Do any of you know?

[Rooster]

I'm sure Zizek argues that he would prefer to have a peaceful revolution but he also says that if terror is needed to enforce such a revolution then so be it. He talks about historical revolutions a lot and contrasts the French and English ones. In relation to Marx and such, I think he says that in the old days where people tried to have socialism with a human face, people are now trying to have capitalism with a human face and that the we should move on from the old ideas of socialist revolution and socialism, that we should look for a new way forward while still basing our ideas of capitalism on Marx's critique of it. I've only just skimmed through a couple of his books though, I'm not a huge expert on him.

[Illuminati]

Violence is necessary to breed any lasting revolution. The opposition shall seek to corrupt, combat, and destroy any means by which we have to rise against.

[la lucha sigue]

Violence is necessary to breed any lasting revolution. The opposition shall seek to corrupt, combat, and destroy any means by which we have to rise against.

I don't doubt it, but Zizek argues in "Violence", quite well I think, that most of the forms of violence engaged in by those against the State are pointless reactions to capitalism, that because they are framed within capitalism that they do not threaten the status quo at end up simply replicating the systemic violence that they seek to challenge.

[Dead End]

Has Zizek ever clarified his thoughts on communism? I've never seen it, outside of a vague idea.