First as Tragedy, Then as Farce Paperback / softback
by Slavoj Zizek
Part of the The Essential Zizek series
Paperback / softback
- Information
Description
Billions of dollars were hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilisation.
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.
Information
-
In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:10/07/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786635938
Other Formats
- EPUB from £6.75
Information
-
In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages
- Publisher:Verso Books
- Publication Date:10/07/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786635938
