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Overview"Slavoj Zizek and Srecko Horvat combine their critical clout to emphasize the dangers of ignoring Europe's growing wealth gap and the parallel rise in right-wing nationalism, which is directly tied to the fallout from the ongoing financial crisis and its prescription of imposed austerity. To general observers, the European Union's economic woes appear to be its greatest problem, but the real peril is an ongoing ideological-political crisis that threatens an era of instability and reactionary brutality. The fall of communism in 1989 seemed to end the leftist program of universal emancipation. However, nearly a quarter of a century later, the European Union has failed to produce any coherent vision that can mobilize people to action. Until recently, the only ideology receptive to European workers has been the nationalist call to ""defend"" against immigrant integration. Today, Europe is focused on regulating the development of capitalism and promoting a reactionary conception of its cultural heritage. Yet staying these courses, Zizek and Horvat show, only strips Europe of its power and stifles its political ingenuity. The best hope is for Europe to revive and defend its legacy of universal egalitarianism, which benefits all parties by preserving the promise of equal representation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Slavoj Žižek , Srećko HorvatPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.383kg ISBN: 9780231171069ISBN 10: 0231171064 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 23 December 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsForeword: The Destruction of Greece as a Model for All of Europe: Is this the Future that Europe Deserves?, by Alexis Tsipras Preface: What Does the U.S. Want, or What to Do After Occupy?, by Srecko Horvat 1. Breaking Our Eggs without the Omelette, from Cyprus to Greece, by Slavoj Zizek 2. Danke Deutschland!, by Srecko Horvat 3. When the Blind Are Leading the Blind, Democracy Is the Victim, by Slavoj Zizek 4. Why the EU Needs Croatia More than Croatia Needs the EU, by Srecko Horvat 5. What Does Europe Want?, by Slavoj Zizek 6. Are the Nazis Living on the Moon?, by Srecko Horvat 7. The Return of the Christian-conservative Revolution, by Slavoj Zizek 8. In the Land of Blood and Money: Angelina Jolie and the Balkans, by Srecko Horvat 9. The Turkish March, by Slavoj Zizek 10. War and Peace in Europe: 'Bei den Sorglosen', by Srecko Horvat 11. Save Us from the Saviours: Europe and the Greeks, by Slavoj Zizek 12. 'I'm Not Racist, but ... the Blacks are Coming!', by Srecko Horvat 13. Shoplifters of the World Unite, by Slavoj Zizek 14. Do Markets Have Feelings?, by Srecko Horvat 15. The Courage to Cancel the Debt, by Slavoj Zizek 16. The Easiest Way to the Gulag Is to Joke About the Gulag, by Srecko Horvat 17. We Need a Margaret Thatcher of the Left, by Slavoj Zizek 18. Europe Will Be Either Democratic and Social or It Will No Longer Exist (interview by Srecko Horvat), by Alexis Tsipras 19. The Role of the European Left (debate), by Slavoj Zizek and Alexis Tsipras Afterword: Europe Is Dead, Long Live Europe!, by Srecko Horvat NotesReviewsWhat Does Europe Want? deals with the crisis in a highly polemical and exciting way. One feels that one is involved in the discussions as they are taking place. This means that the text is highly readable but at the same time provides us with some important political, economic, and psychological background to many of the aspects of the crisis which tend to go unexamined or unreported. -- Peter Thompson, Sheffield An outstanding book -- radical in the best sense of the word -- a work that gets to the root of the matter, and gives theory material force. Two brilliant theorists expose the danger to the European Union. Srecko Horvat is a rising star in philosophy... Zizek is a theoretical tsunami. By reading the signs from the future, this book cuts through propaganda and ideological mystification to expose the gathering danger that threatens the European Union. -- Kelsey Wood, author of Zizek: A Reader's Guide The Slovenian madman and a charismatic Croatian philosopher, joined by the most dangerous Greek Politician, offer an analysis of the European deadlock in a way that is bitingly charming and bitterly intelligent. Any real European, faithful to the real idea of Europe, must read this. -- Oliver Stone, American film director, screenwriter, producer A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of resistance to the European elites' sinister denial that there is something rotten in our continent's foundations. Zizek and Horvat, aided and abetted by no other than the leader of Greece's Radical Left party, animate this spectre. The pages of this book resonate with their powerful demolition of the European Union's Orwellian propaganda. Readers who care about Europe have a duty to share in their energy, irrespectively of whether they agree with them or not. -- Yanis Varoufakis, Political Economist and author of The Global Minotaur and Game Theory: A critical text What Does Europe Want? deals with the crisis in a highly polemical and exciting way. One feels that one is involved in the discussions as they are taking place. This means that the text is highly readable but at the same time provides us with some important political, economic, and psychological background to many of the aspects of the crisis which tend to go unexamined or unreported. -- Peter Thompson, Sheffield An outstanding book -- radical in the best sense of the word -- a work that gets to the root of the matter, and gives theory material force. Two brilliant theorists expose the danger to the European Union. Srecko Horvat is a rising star in philosophy... Zizek is a theoretical tsunami. By reading the signs from the future, this book cuts through propaganda and ideological mystification to expose the gathering danger that threatens the European Union. -- Kelsey Wood, author of Zizek: A Reader's Guide The Slovenian madman and a charismatic Croatian philosopher, joined by the most dangerous Greek Politician, offer an analysis of the European deadlock in a way that is bitingly charming and bitterly intelligent. Any real European, faithful to the real idea of Europe, must read this. -- Oliver Stone, American film director, screenwriter, producer A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of resistance to the European elites' sinister denial that there is something rotten in our continent's foundations. Zizek and Horvat, aided and abetted by no other than the leader of Greece's Radical Left party, animate this spectre. The pages of this book resonate with their powerful demolition of the European Union's Orwellian propaganda. Readers who care about Europe have a duty to share in their energy, irrespectively of whether they agree with them or not. -- Yanis Varoufakis, Political Economist and author of The Global Minotaur and Game Theory: A critical text How can we break, once and for all, the harness of social apathy on which the construction of Europe since 1989 is founded upon? The active participation of the masses in politics is the only thing that can frighten the rulling elite in Europe and worlwide. And that's exactly why we should make it happen. -- Alexis Tsipras, Greek politican, president of SYRIZA Author InformationSlavoj Zizek is a professor at the Institute for Sociology, University of Ljubljana, and at the European Graduate School. Among his most recent books are Demanding the Impossible, The Year of Dreaming Dangerously, and The Sublime Object of Ideology. He is a coeditor of Hegel and the Infinite: Religion, Politics, and Dialectic and a contributor to Democracy in What State?, What Does a Jew Want? On Binationalism and Other Specters, and Reimagining the Sacred: Debating God with Richard Kearney. Srecko Horvat is a Croatian philosopher and the author of nine books. He is also a highly respected political theorist and activist, and a columnist for The Guardian. His latest book is After the End of History: From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Movement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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