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A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name - 34 Untimely Interventions (Paperback)
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A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name - 34 Untimely Interventions (Paperback)
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With irrepressible humor, Slavoj i ek 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 i ek'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 i ek 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.
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