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Pandemic!: COVID-19 shakes the world (2020)

Zizek, Slavoj (Author)

Polity Press
Publication date: 2020
Language: English

ISBN: 9781509546107

Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 136

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As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its consequences? We live in a moment when the greatest act of love is to stay distant from the object of your affection. When governments renowned for ruthless cuts in public spending can suddenly conjure up trillions. When toilet paper becomes a commodity as precious as diamonds. And when, according to Žižek, a new form of communism - the outlines of which can already be seen in the very heartlands of neoliberalism - may be the only way of averting a descent into global barbarism. Written with his customary brio and love of analogies in popular culture (Quentin Tarantino and H. G. Wells sit next to Hegel and Marx), Žižek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the crisis as it widens, engulfing us all.

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Review Warwick Anderson (2022) Review of "Pandemic! 2 : Chronicles of a Time Lost". Science, Technology, and Human Values (pp. 1334-1349). unapi

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Book Slavoj Žižek (2021) Pandemic! 2 : Chronicles of a Time Lost. unapi

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