Pandemic! : COVID-19 shakes the world / Slavoj Žižek
By: Žižek, Slavoj [author].
Publisher: New York : Polity Press, ©2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 136 p: 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509546107; 1509546103; 1509546111; 9781509546114.Other title: COVID-19 shakes the world.Subject(s): COVID-19 (Disease) | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects | Epidemics | Quarantine | Philosophy | Scarcity | Coronavirus Infections | EpidemicsGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj i ek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its consequences?00We 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 i ek, 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.00Written with his customary brio and love of analogies in popular culture (Quentin Tarantino and H. G. Wells sit next to Hegel and Marx), i ek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the crisis as it widens, engulfing us all| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj i ek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its consequences?00We 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 i ek, 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.00Written with his customary brio and love of analogies in popular culture (Quentin Tarantino and H. G. Wells sit next to Hegel and Marx), i ek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the crisis as it widens, engulfing us all