Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Left that Dares to Speak Its NameCondition: NewEAN: 9781509541188ISBN: 9781509541188Publisher: Polity PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/06/2020Item Height: 217mmItem Length: 138mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 386gLanguage: EnglishDescription: With irrepressible humor, Slavoj iek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex “unicorns” to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. Taking aim at his enemies on the Left, Right, and Center, he argues that contemporary society can only be properly understood from a communist standpoint. Why communism? The greater the triumph of global capitalism, the more its dangerous antagonisms multiply: climate collapse, the digital manipulation of our lives, the explosion in refugee numbers – all need a radical solution. That solution is a Left that dares to speak its name, to get its hands dirty in the real world of contemporary politics, not to sling its insults from the sidelines or to fight a culture war that is merely a fig leaf covering its political and economic failures. As the crises caused by contemporary capitalism accumulate at an alarming rate, the Left finds itself in crisis too, beset with competing ideologies and prone to populism, racism, and conspiracy theories. A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name is iek’s attempt to elucidate the major political issues of the day from a truly radical Leftist position. The first three parts explore the global political situation and the final part focuses on contemporary Western culture, as iek directs his polemic to topics such as wellness, Wikileaks, and the rights of sexbots. This wide-ranging collection of essays provides the perfect insight into the ideas of one of the most influential radical thinkers of our time.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Law & PoliticsSubtitle: 34 Untimely InterventionsAuthor: Slavoj ZizekRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name
Title: A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name
EAN: 9781509541188
ISBN: 9781509541188
Release Date: 03/06/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Law & Politics
Subtitle: 34 Untimely Interventions
Number of Pages: 290 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Left That Dares to Speak Its Name : 34 Untimely Interventions
Publisher: Polity Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, World / General, Social History, General, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science, History
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Slavoj Zizek
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
