A Left That Dares to Speak Its Name: 34 Untimely Interventions

ISBN-13: 9781509541188 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 290 str.

Ljubljana in Slovenia) Zizek Slavoj (Institute of Sociology

Opis

"With irrepressible humour Slavoj eZiezek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex 'unicorns' to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. This is eZiezek's attempt to elucidate the major political issues of the day from a truly radical left position"--

Recenzje

?The most dangerous philosopher in the West.? Adam Kirsch, New Republic ??i?ek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation.? The New Yorker

Spis treści

Introduction: From the Communist Standpoint The Global Mess 1 200 Years After: Is Marx Alive, Dead, or a Living Dead? 2 Why Secondary Contradictions Matter: A Maoist View 3 Nomadic // Proletarians 4 Should the Left's Answer to Rightist Populism Really be a "Me Too"? 5 When Unfreedom Itself is Experienced as Freedom 6 Only Autistic Children Can Save Us! 7 They are Both Worse! 8 A Desperate Call for (T)Reason The West... 9 Democratic Socialism and Its Discontents 10 Is Donald Trump a Frog Embracing a Bottle of Beer? 11 Better Dead than Red! 12 "There is Disorder Under Heaven, the Situation is Excellent" 13 Soyons realistes, demandons l'impossible! 14 Catalonia and the End of Europe 15 Which Idea of Europe is Worth Defending? 16 The Right to Tell the Public Bad News ...And The Rest 17 It's the Same Struggle, Dummy! 18 The Real Anti-Semites and Their Zionist Friends 19 Yes, Racism is Alive and Well! 20 What is to be Done When Our Cupola is Leaking? 21 Is China Communist or Capitalist? 22 Venezuela and the Need for New Clichés 23 Welcome to the True New World Order! 24 A True Miracle in Bosnia Ideology 25 For Active Solidarity, Against Guilt and Self-Reproach 26 Sherbsky Institute, APA 27 Welcome to the Brave New World of Consenticorns! 28 Do Sexbots have Rights? 29 Nipples, Penis, Vulva...and Maybe Shit 30 Cuaron's Roma: The Trap of Goodness 31 Happiness? No, Thanks! 32 Assange has Only us to Help Him! Appendix 33 Is Avital Ronell Really Toxic? 34 Jordan Peterson as a Symptom...of What? Notes

O autorze

Slavoj ?i?ek is one of the most prolific and well-known philosophers and cultural theorists in the world today. His inventive, provocative body of work mixes Hegelian metaphysics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Marxist dialectic in order to challenge conventional wisdom and accepted verities on both the Left and the Right