Analytical Philosopher Reacts to Slavoj Žižek

Analytical philosophers such as Noam Chomsky have been critical of continental philosophers like Slavoj Žižek. But Michael Strevens reacts differently to me reading an excerpt from Absolute Recoil.

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[DimitarBerberu]

The most dangerous are those who think they know more than they really do. Science without philosophy is blind =>
Analytic philosophy has Narrow Focus & cannot possibly reach the view of multidimensional Critical Thinking of Slavoj Žižek.

[robLV]

Zizek is provocative, but ultimately his discourse doesn't land on any cogent idea. Never any aha moment after listening to him. To keep it super meta, I guess that's his point.

[superdeluxesmell]

The trouble with continental philosophers to me is not that they’re talking nonsense, it’s that they’re saying trivial things in a wilfully obscure manner. What’s new in their thinking is not significant and what significant is not at all new. An analytic philosopher engaging with them is more like one interacting with a pretentious freshman than a peer. As you can see here, it’s not difficult for a capable thinker to instantly see through the jargon and make more interesting cogent arguments than Zizek ever could.