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Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World

Slavoj Žižek
3.49/5 (2263 ratings)
As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes, and speculate on the profundity of its consequences, all in a manner that will have you sweating profusely and gasping for breath?

We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the object of your affection. When governments renowned for ruthless cuts in public spending can suddenly conjure up trillions. When toilet paper becomes a commodity as precious as diamonds. And when, according to Žižek, a new form of communism may be the only way of averting a descent into global barbarism.

Written with his customary brio and love of analogies in popular culture (Quentin Tarantino and H.G. Wells sit next to Hegel and Marx in these pages), Žižek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the crisis as it widens, engulfing us all.


“Žižek 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
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
120 pages
Publication:
2020
Publisher:
OR Books
Edition:
First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1682193012
ISBN13:
9781682193013
kindle Asin:
B08922D1F6

Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World

Slavoj Žižek
3.49/5 (2263 ratings)
As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes, and speculate on the profundity of its consequences, all in a manner that will have you sweating profusely and gasping for breath?

We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the object of your affection. When governments renowned for ruthless cuts in public spending can suddenly conjure up trillions. When toilet paper becomes a commodity as precious as diamonds. And when, according to Žižek, a new form of communism may be the only way of averting a descent into global barbarism.

Written with his customary brio and love of analogies in popular culture (Quentin Tarantino and H.G. Wells sit next to Hegel and Marx in these pages), Žižek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the crisis as it widens, engulfing us all.


“Žižek 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
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
120 pages
Publication:
2020
Publisher:
OR Books
Edition:
First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1682193012
ISBN13:
9781682193013
kindle Asin:
B08922D1F6