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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Against the Double Blackmail (article)}} [[Philosopher ]] and [[leftist ]] rabble-rouser [[Slavoj Žižek ]] looks at one of the most desperate situations of our [[time]]: the current refugee crisis overwhelming [[Europe]]. In this short yet stirring book, Žižek argues that accepting all comers and blocking all entry are both untenable solutions… but there is a [[third ]] option. Today, hundreds of thousands of people, desperate to escape war, violence and poverty, are crossing the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe. Our response from our protected European standpoint, argues Slavoj Žižek, offers two versions of ideological blackmail: either we open our doors as widely as possible; or we try to pull up the drawbridge. Both solutions are bad, states Žižek. They merely prolong the problem, rather than tackling it. The refugee crisis also presents an opportunity, a unique chance for Europe to redefine itself: but, if we are to do so, we have to start raising unpleasant and difficult questions. We must also acknowledge that large migrations are our future: only then can we commit to a carefully prepared process of change, one founded not on a community that see the excluded as a threat, but one that takes as its basis the shared substance of our social being.

The only wayToday, in other wordshundreds of thousands of [[people]], desperate to get escape war, [[violence]] and poverty, are crossing the Mediterranean to the heart of one of the greatest issues confronting seek refuge in Europe today is to insist on the global solidarity of the exploited and oppressed. Maybe such solidarity is a utopia. ButOur response from our protected European standpoint, warns argues Slavoj Žižek, if offers two versions of [[ideological]] [[blackmail]]: either we don’t engage in it, then open our doors as widely as possible; or we try to pull up the drawbridge. Both solutions are really lostbad, states Žižek. And we will deserve to be lostThey merely prolong the problem, rather than tackling it.

==Source==The refugee crisis also presents an opportunity, a unique [[Against The Double Blackmailchance]]. ''New Left Review''. 234for Europe to redefine itself: but, if we are to do so, March-April 1999we have to start raising unpleasant and difficult questions. ''Lacan.com''. <httpWe must also acknowledge that large migrations are our [[future]]://www.lacan.com/kosovoonly then can we commit to a carefully prepared [[process]] of [[change]], one founded not on a [[community]] that see the excluded as a [[threat]], but one that takes as its basis the shared substance of our [[social]] [[being]].htm>

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