The Courage of Hopelessness: Chronicles of a Year of Acting

The Courage of Hopelessness: Chronicles of a Year of Acting Dangerously

The maverick philosopher returns to explore today's idealogical, political and economic battles, and asks whether radical change is possible In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet, argues Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek, it is only when we have admit to ourselves that our situation is completely hopeless - that the light at the end of the tunnel is in fact the headlight of a train approaching us from the opposite direction - that fundamental change can be brought about. Surveying the various challenges in the world today, from mass migration and geopolitical tensions to terrorism, the explosion of rightist populism and the emergence of new radical politics - all of which, in their own way, express the impasses of global capitalism - Å½iÅ¾ek explores whether there still remains the possibility for genuine change. Today, he proposes, the only true question is,or should be, this: do we endorse the predominant acceptance of capitalism as fact of human nature, or does today's capitalism contain strong enough antagonisms to prevent its infinite reproduction? Can we, he asks, move beyond the failure of socialism, and beyond the current wave of populist rage, and initiate radical change before the train hits? 'Å½iÅ¾ek is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: the result is deeply interesting and provocative' - Guardian 'Å½iÅ¾ek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation' - New Yorker
Country USA
Brand Allen Lane
Manufacturer Allen Lane
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780241305577
ReleaseDate 2017-07-18
UnitCount 1
Format International Edition
EANs 9780241305577

Country	USA
Brand	Allen Lane
Manufacturer	Allen Lane
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780241305577
ReleaseDate	2017-07-18
UnitCount	1
Format	International Edition
EANs	9780241305577

The Courage of Hopelessness: Chronicles of a Year of Acting Dangerously

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