{"product_id":"liberal-fascisms-by-slavoj-zizek-9781350573161","title":"Liberal Fascisms","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an apparently contradictory and characteristically makeshift term, ‘Liberal Fascisms’, Slavoj Žižek captures the paradoxical nature of political populism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo see this phenomenon as purely liberal \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e dictatorially fascistic is to expose liberalism and fascism as two sides of the same coin. The concept offers a glimpse into the murky landscape of half-lies and double-truths that Žižek enters in this latest collection of urgent essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the economy and politics to ideology, these short texts work through the different faces of liberal fascisms, structured around a trio of the universal, the particular, and the singular: our global predicament; Europe and the Middle East; Trump’s America. Peeling back the inadequate labels we hasten to pin on the phenomena that terrify us – like ‘post-truth’ – to peer at the seeping wounds beneath them, these writings reveal the uneasy mixture of hypocrisy, self-deception and what is real that have \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e been stacked, matryoshka-like, inside of one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith no cure in hand, but a refusal to dispense with thought that is muddled and murky, these interventions are both timely and resolute. From the so-called “death of truth” opens up the possibility for a new authentic truth… or for an even bigger lie. And ultimately we must ask – what forms of justice are made possible by this disorder?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberal Fascisms\u003c\/i\u003e is also available in audiobook format from audiobook retailers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47773087138028,"sku":"9781350573161","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350573161-liberal-fascisms.jpg?v=1782180240","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/liberal-fascisms-by-slavoj-zizek-9781350573161","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}