Description
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.
The leading philosopher of our time tackles the demise of liberalism, from the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown
About the Author
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. His books include Less Than Nothing, The Sublime Object of Ideology, and many more.
Reviews
Zizek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation. * New Yorker *
One of the most innovative and exciting contemporary thinkers of the left. * Times Literary Supplement *
Few thinkers illustrate the contradictions of contemporary capitalism better than Slavoj Zizek ... one of the world's best-known public intellectuals. -- John Gray * New York Review of Books *
A gifted speaker-tumultuous, emphatic, direct-he writes as he speaks. -- Jonathan Ree * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786635938
Author Slavoj Zizek
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 197g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 11mm