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Against the Double Blackmail
Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours
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The celebrated philosopher returns with a provoking analysis of Europe's crisis. Exposing its real nature, he asks—what is to be done?
Today, hundreds of thousands of people, desperate to escape war, violence, and poverty, are crossing the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe. Our response, argues Slavoj Žižek, offers two versions of ideological blackmail—either we open our doors as widely as possible, or we try to pull up the drawbridge. Both solutions are bad, states Žižek.
He shows how the refugee crisis also presents an opportunity, a unique chance for Europe to redefine itself—but, if we are to do so, we must acknowledge that large migrations are our future. Only then can we commit to a carefully prepared process of change, one founded not on a community that sees the excluded as a threat, but one that takes as its basis the shared substance of our social being.
Maybe such global solidarity is a utopia. But, warns Žižek, if we don't engage in it, then we are really lost. And we will deserve to be.
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Against the Double Blackmail by Slavoj Žižek is often reviewed as a provocative and thought-provoking analysis of Europe's refugee crisis. Critics generally appreciate Žižek's challenging ideas and his critique of simplified narratives on both sides of the political spectrum. However, some reviews note that his style can be difficult to navigate due to its complexity and dense philosophical references.
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ISBN: 9780141984124
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 February 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 103g
Pages: 128
About the Author
Slavoj Zizek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is International Director at the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK, Visiting Professor at the New York University, USA, and Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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