> I disagree with the author's position that there are no deep intellectuals left Well, there is the problem of the author trying to distance from liberals by

> I disagree with the author's position that there are no deep intellectuals left Well, there is the problem of the author trying to distance from liberals by calling them "left." Slavoj Žižek is many things, but also deep, left, and not liberal. If the claim had been "no deep intellectuals of the politics of the middle," I could have agreed. It's difficult to think deep thoughts while drinking the Kool-Aid.