First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
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| Verlag | Verso |
| Auflage | 2018 |
| Seiten | 160 |
| Format | 12,6 x 20 x 1,4 cm |
| Gewicht | 195 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | The Essential Zizek |
| ISBN-10 | 1786635933 |
| EAN | 9781786635938 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78663593UA |
The leading philosopher of our time tackles the demise of liberalism, from the tragedy of 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.
Rezension:
"Zizek is to today what Jacques Derrida was to the '80s: the thinker of choice for Europe's young intellectual vanguard."
-Observer
