A left that dares to speak its name : untimely interventions / Slavoj Žižek.

Author/creator Žižek, Slavoj author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, [2020]
Copyright Date©2020
Descriptionvi, 295 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : from the communist standpoint the global mess -- 200 years after : is Marx alive, dead, or a living dead? -- Why secondary contradictions matter : a Maoist view -- Nomadic proletarians -- Should the left's answer to rightist populism really be a "Me too"? -- When unfreedom itself is experienced as freedom -- Only autistic children can save us! -- They are both worse! -- A desperate call for (t)reason the West... -- Democratic socialism and its discontents -- Is Donald Trump a frog embracing a bottle of beer? -- Better dead than red! -- "There is disorder under heaven, the situation is excellent" -- Soyons realistes, demandons l'impossible! -- Catalonia and the end of Europe -- Which idea of Europe is worth defending? -- The right to tell the public bad news...and the rest -- It's the same struggle, dummy! -- The real anti-Semites and their Zionist friends -- Yes, racism is alive and well! -- What is to be done when our cupola is leaking? -- Is China communist or capitalist? -- Venezuela and the need for new clichés -- Welcome to the true new world order! -- A true miracle in Bosnia ideology -- For active solidarity, against guilt and self-reproach -- Sherbsky Institute, APA -- Welcome to the brave new world of consenticorns! -- Do sexbots have rights? -- Nipples, penis, vulva...and maybe shit -- Cuaron's Roma : the trap of goodness -- Happiness? no, thanks! -- Assange has only us to help him! -- Is Avital Ronell really toxic?
Abstract "With irrepressible humour Slavoj Žižek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex 'unicorns' to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. This is Žižek's attempt to elucidate the major political issues of the day from a truly radical left position"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Issued in other formOnline version: Žižek, Slavoj, A left that dares to speak its name Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2020. 9781509541195
LCCN 2019027646
ISBN9781509541171 hardcover
ISBN1509541179 hardcover
ISBN9781509541188 paperback
ISBN1509541187 paperback
ISBNelectronic publication

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