Pandemic!: Covid-19 Shakes the World

ISBN-13: 9781509546107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 140 str.

Slavoj Zizek

Opis

This short book is one of the first books to appear on the current pandemic. It is written by one of the most well-known and widely read philosophers and cultural critics in the world today. Written with Žižek’s customary brio and love of paradoxes and analogies in popular culture, this book explores the topsy-turvy world of life under lockdown, when the greatest act of love is to stay away from the object of your affection. Žižek argues that the massive interventions in the economy by many states and the revaluation of the kind of work that is being done by health workers and others on the frontline are developments that carry far-reaching consequences, pointing to the possibility of a new form of society emerging out of an unprecedented crisis in the heartlands of western capitalism.

Erudite, provocative, and forthright, Pandemic! will be essential reading for everyone concerned and touched by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recenzje

"An impressive feat... [?i?ek] at his most powerful."The Guardian"Passages of beauty... a high-wire juxtaposition of far-left political theory and pop culture, held together by the force of [?i?ek's] rumpled charm."BuzzFeed"?i?ek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation."The New Yorker"The most dangerous philosopher in the West."Adam Kirsch, The New Republic"I don't agree with those who claim that now is no time for politics... No! Now is a great time for politics, because the world in its current form is disappearing."PANDEMIC! author Slavoj ?i?ek profiled in Haaretz"Stimulating"Times Higher Education"[T]his is not a rush job by a notably prolific author. The book is an achievement well worth respect and detailed attention."International Dialogue: A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs

Spis treści

Introduction: Noli Me Tangere 11. We're All in the Same Boat Now 52. Why Are We Tired All the Time? 173. Toawrds A Perfect Storm in Europe 294. Welcome to the Viral Desert 375. The Five Stage of Epidemics 476. The Virus of Ideology 537. Calm Down and Panic! 618. Monitor and Punish? Yes, Please! 719. Is Barbarism With a Human Dace Our Fate? 8310. Communism or Barbarism, as Simple as That! 9511. The Appointment in Samara: A New Use for Some Ild Jokes 107Appendix: Two Helpful Letters from Friends 129

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.