01904nam a22003371i 4500 OSt 20210708133111.0 201118t20202020nyu |||gr|||| 000 0 eng d 9781509546114 RM 82.50 paperback PPAK eng PPAK rda 23 614.59241 614.59241 ZIZ G Žižek, Slavoj, author. PANDEMIC! : COVID-19 Shakes the World / SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK. COVID-19 shakes the world New York : Polity Press, 2020. ©2020. 136 pages : 18 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes and speculate on the profundity of its consequences? 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 Zizek, 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), Zizek provides a concise and provocative snapshot of the crisis as it widens, engulfing us all. COVID-19 (Disease) COVID-19 (Disease) Social aspects. Epidemics. Coronavirus infections. Quarantine. Philosophy. Scarcity. ddc B 179976 179976 0 0 PPAK G 2020-12-09 2 614.59241 ZIZ A01663177 2024-11-30 16:14:47 2024-11-09 B 0 0 SP G 2020-12-09 614.59241 ZIZ A01663178 2020-12-09 00:00:00 B 0 0 KM G 2020-12-09 614.59241 ZIZ A01663179 2020-12-09 00:00:00 B 0 0 BL G 2020-12-09 614.59241 ZIZ A01663180 2020-12-09 00:00:00 B 0 0 BB G 2020-12-09 614.59241 ZIZ A01663181 2020-12-09 00:00:00 B