Pandemic! 2: Chronicles of a Time Lost

Zizek, Slavoj

ISBN 10: 1509549072 / ISBN 13: 9781509549078

Edité par Polity, 2021

As new, no signs of wear. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1758799398368

Synopsis :

What do sex doll sales, locust swarms and a wired-brain pig have to do with the coronavirus pandemic? Everything--according to that "Giant of Lubliana," the inimitable Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek.

In this exhilarating sequel to his acclaimed Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World, Žižek delves into some of the more surprising dimensions of lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing--and the increasingly unruly opposition to them by "response fatigued" publics around the world.

Žižek examines the ripple effects on the food supply of harvest failures caused by labor shortages and the hyper-exploitation of the global class of care workers, without whose labor daily life would be impossible. Through such examples he pinpoints the inability of contemporary capitalism to safeguard effectively the public in times of crisis.

Writing with characteristic daring and zeal, Žižek ranges across critical theory, pop-culture, and psychoanalysis to reveal the troubling dynamics of knowledge and power emerging in these viral times.

À propos de l'auteur: 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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Pandemic! 2: Chronicles of a Time Lost
Éditeur : Polity
Date d'édition : 2021
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Comme neuf
Edition : Edition originale