The Year of Dreaming Dangerously

Slavoj Zizek, Michel Eltchaninoff (Introduction by)

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Author
Slavoj Zizek, Michel Eltchaninoff (Introduction by)
Publish Date
2012-10-09
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
142
Publisher Name
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1781680426
ISBN-13
9781781680421
citemno
218804
Edition
1
SKU
9781781680421

Description

Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, London, and Athens took to the streets in pursuit of emancipation, obscure destructive fantasies inspired the world’s racist populists in places as far apart as Hungary and Arizona, achieving a horrific consummation in the actions of mass murderer Anders Breivik.

The subterranean work of dissatisfaction continues. Rage is building, and a new wave of revolts and disturbances will follow. Why? Because the events of 2011 augur a new political reality. These are limited, distorted—sometimes even perverted—fragments of a utopian future lying dormant in the present.