First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Zizek, Slavoj

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781786635938)

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First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Zizek, Slavoj

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

$19.95
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Zizek, Slavoj

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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The leading philosopher of our time tracks the demise of liberalism through landmark events of the 21st century--from 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown

Billions of dollars were hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilization. So why has it not been possible to bring the same forces to bear in addressing world poverty and environmental crisis?

In this take-no-prisoners analysis, Slavoj Zizek frames the moral failures of the modern world in terms of the epoch-making events of the first decade of this century. What he finds is the old one-two punch of history: the jab of tragedy, the right hook of farce. In the attacks of 9/11 and the global credit crunch, liberalism dies twice: as a political doctrine and as an economic theory. The election of Donald Trump only confirms the bankruptcy of a liberal order on its last legs.

First as Tragedy, Then as Farce is a call for the Left to reinvent itself in the light of our desperate historical situation. The time for liberal, moralistic blackmail is over.

Author: Slavoj Zizek
ISBN-10: 1786635933
ISBN-13: 9781786635938
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2018
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
By Slavoj Zizek
By Slavoj Zizek
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Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, Less Than Nothing, In Defense of Lost Causes, four volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.

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