First as tragedy, then as farce
Žižek, Slavoj2018
Book
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 or climate change? 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 died twice; first as a political doctrine, then as an economic theory. The election of Donald Trump only confirms the bankruptcy of a liberal order on its last legs.
Main title:
First as tragedy, then as farce / Slavoj Žižek.
Author:
Žižek, Slavoj, author
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2018.©2018
Collation:
157 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published by Verso, 2009.Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
1. It's Ideology, Stupid! -- Capitalist Socialism? -- Crisis As Shock Therapy -- The Structure of Enemy Propaganda -- Human, All Too Human -- The "New Spirit" of Capitalism -- Between the Two Fetishisms -- Communism, Again! -- 2. The Communist Hypothesis -- The New Enclosure of the Commons -- Socialism or Communism? -- The "Public Use of Reason" -- In Haiti -- The Capitalist Exception -- Capitalism with Asian Values... in Europe -- From Profit to Rent -- "We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For".
ISBN:
9781786635938 (pbk)9781786635938 (paperback)
Dewey class:
330.122
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
714749
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | -Business and IT | BUSIN 330.122 ZIZE | Available |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Business and IT | BUSIN 330.122 ZIZE | On loan - Due: 09 Jul 2026 |