First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

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Beschreibung

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 Žižek 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. <br><br><i>First as Tragedy, Then as Farce</i> 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.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781786635938

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 128 x 17 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Verlag / Hersteller

Verso Books