First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Author(s): Slavoj Zizek

Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs

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 i ek 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.

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  • : 9781786635938
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Verso Trade
  • : 0.198
  • : July 2018
  • : --- length: - '7.8' width: - '5' units: - Inches
  • : books

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  • : Slavoj Zizek
  • : Paperback
  • : 1808
  • : English
  • : 160