The First As Tragedy Then As Farce
€ 15,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781786635938 |
|---|---|
| Editora | Verso Books |
| Data de Publicação | 10/07/2018 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 15,00 |
| Imposto | € 0,90 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 15,90 |
| Disponibilidade | 3 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
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.