Pandemic!  Pandemic! 2, Slavoj Zizek
Pandemic!  Pandemic! 2, Slavoj Zizek
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Pandemic! & Pandemic! 2
COVID-19 Shakes the World & Chronicles of a Time Lost

Author: Slavoj Zizek

Narrator: Jonathan Cowley

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/23/2021


Synopsis

Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World: We 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 Slavoj Žižek, 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. Written with his customary brio and love of analogies in popular culture (Quentin Tarantino and H. G. Wells sit next to Hegel and Marx), Žižek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the COVID-19 crisis as it widens, engulfing us all.

Pandemic! 2: Chronicles of a Time Lost: Žižek delves into some of the more surprising dimensions of lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing—and the increasingly unruly opposition to them by "response fatigued" publics around the planet. Here, Žižek examines the ripple effects on the food supply of harvest failures caused by labor shortages and the hyper-exploitation of the global class of care workers, without whose labor daily life would be impossible. Through such examples he pinpoints the inability of contemporary capitalism to effectively safeguard the public in times of crisis.

About Slavoj Zizek

Slavoj Žižek is one of the most prolific and well-known philosophers and cultural theorists in the world today. His inventive, provocative body of work mixes Hegelian metaphysics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Marxist dialectic in order to challenge conventional wisdom and accepted verities on both the left and the right.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Julian on April 26, 2022

Anyone who can combine the observations of Hegel, Freud, Lacan and the Big Boss from Hideo Kojima's video game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has to be admired for their intellectual interests and scope of understanding. Today's populists don't want to get rid of the established order othe......more

Goodreads review by Adam on April 12, 2021

Diet Zizek! Enjoy the fat-free flavor!! Now in REAL TIME!!! Easy reading for rough times, a respite of clarity in a global shitshow. The "jouissance of renunciation" and the "obscene Master" are indispensable concepts for grasping the moment. Though I don't think the former is actually discussed her......more

Goodreads review by สฤณี on January 29, 2021

(อ่านต้นฉบับภาษาอังกฤษ) สลาวอย ซิเซ็ก ขึ้นแท่นเป็นนักปรัชญาสมัยใหม่ที่คิดว่า “ต้องอ่าน” อีกคน จะเห็นด้วยหรือไม่เห็นด้วยก็ตาม ความคิดของเขาก็ควรค่าแก่การคิดตามและกระตุกให้มองมุมใหม่ๆ ของประเด็นร่วมสมัยได้เสมอ (อีกคนที่เข้าข่ายนี้คืออาจารย์ ไมเคิล แซนเดล) เล่มนี้รวบรวมบทความของซิเซ็กที่เขียนระหว่างช่วง......more

Goodreads review by Jon on April 21, 2021

Fun ride, a little patchy and hastily thrown together at times, but if you enjoy Zizek you’ll dig his takes on our COVID year.......more

Goodreads review by Monika on February 26, 2021

Ta książka w większości składa się z krótkich felietonów o pandemii, szerzącym się populizmie, niepokojach społecznych, globalnym ociepleniu. To już drugi tom pandemicznych kronik straconego czasu Slavoja Zizka (pierwszego tomu nie czytałam). Dla mnie pierwsze rozdziały trochę zbyt powierzchowne (prz......more