Heaven in Disorder by Slavoj Iek

Heaven in Disorder by Slavoj Iek

As we emerge (though perhaps only temporarily) from the pandemic, other crises move center stage: outrageous inequality, climate disaster, desperate refugees, mounting tensions of a new cold war. The abiding motif of our time is relentless chaos. Acknowledging the possibilities for new beginnings at such moments, Mao Zedong famously proclaimed “There is great disorder under heaven; the situation is excellent.” The contemporary relevance of Mao’s observation depends on whether today’s catastrophes can be a catalyst for progress or have passed over into something terrible and irretrievable. Perhaps the disorder is no longer under, but in heaven itself. Characteristically rich in paradoxes and reversals that entertain as well as illuminate, Slavoj Žižek’s new book treats with equal analytical depth the lessons of Rammstein and Corbyn, Morales and Orwell, Lenin and Christ. It excavates universal truths from local political sites across Palestine and Chile, France and Kurdistan, and beyond. Heaven In Disorder looks with fervid dispassion at the fracturing of the Left, the empty promises of liberal democracy, and the tepid compromises offered by the powerful. From the ashes of these failures, Žižek asserts the need for international solidarity, economic transformation, and—above all—an urgent, “wartime” communism.

“Offers an overall view of [Žižek’s] thinking and politics… There’s much to agree with, enjoy, and ponder” — Splice

 

General praise for Slavoj:

"One of the most innovative and exciting contemporary thinkers of the left" —Times Literary Supplement

"The thinker of choice for Europe's young intellectual vanguard." —Observer

“The most dangerous philosopher in the West.” —Adam Kirsch, The New Republic

"Never ceases to dazzle." —Daily Telegraph

"Few thinkers illustrate the contradictions of contemporary capitalism better than Slavoj Zizek." —New York Review of Books

.Slavoj Žižek is one of the most prolific and well-known philosophers and cultural theorists in the world today. His inventive, provocative body of work mixes Hegelian metaphysics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Marxist dialectic in order to challenge conventional wisdom and accepted verities on both the Left and the Right.

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ISBN 13	9781682192818
ISBN 10	1682192814
Titel	Heaven in Disorder
Autor	Slavoj Iek
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	OR Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2021-12-14
Seitenanzahl	240
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