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=====Book Description=====The maverick philosopher returns to explore today's idealogicalIn these troubled [[times]], political and economic battleseven the most [[pessimistic]] diagnosis of our [[future]] ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, and asks whether radical change that there is possiblelight at the end of the tunnel.
In these troubled timesYet, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all thatargues [[Slavoj Žižek]], it is only when we have admit to ourselves that there our [[situation]] is completely hopeless - that the light at the end of the tunnelis in fact the headlight of a train approaching us from the opposite direction - that fundamental change can be brought [[about]].
YetSurveying the various challenges in the [[world]] today, from mass migration and geopolitical tensions to [[terrorism]], the explosion of rightist [[populism]] and the emergence of new radical [[politics]] - all of which, in their own way, argues Slavoj express the impasses of [[global]] [[capitalism]] - Žižekexplores whether there still remains the possibility for genuine change. Today, it he proposes, the only [[true]] question is only when ,or should be, this: do we have admit to ourselves that our situation is completely hopeless - that endorse the light at the end predominant acceptance of the tunnel is in capitalism as fact of [[human]] [[nature]], or does today's capitalism contain strong enough [[antagonisms]] to prevent its infinite reproduction? Can we, he asks, move beyond the headlight failure of a train approaching us from [[socialism]], and beyond the opposite direction - that fundamental current wave of populist rage, and initiate radical change can be brought about.before the train hits?
Surveying the various challenges in the world today, from mass migration and geopolitical tensions to terrorism, the explosion of rightist populism and the emergence of new radical politics - all of which, in their own way, express the impasses of global capitalism - 'Žižek explores whether there still remains the possibility for genuine change. Today, he proposes, the only true question is,or should be, thisa thinker who regards [[nothing]] as [[outside]] his field: do we endorse the predominant acceptance of capitalism as fact of human nature, or does todayresult is deeply interesting and provocative's capitalism contain strong enough antagonisms to prevent its infinite reproduction? Can we, he asks, move beyond the failure of socialism, and beyond the current wave of populist rage, and initiate radical change before the train hits?- Guardian
'Žižek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation' -New Yorker[[Category:Books/Slavoj_Zizek]] [[Category:Books]] [[Category:Slavoj Zizek]]__NOAUTOLINKS__
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[[File:The Courage of Hopelessness.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]<div class="download">[https://mega.nz/#!pr5HTaLQ!leVvLxK_1V1QacpYEbma4x4O4-0QCkL5_3SD3_EQdOQ DOWNLOAD]</div>=====Book Description=====The maverick [[philosopher]] returns to explore today's idealogical, [[political]] and [[economic]] battles, and asks whether radical [[change]] is possible
'Žižek leaves no [[social]] or [[cultural]] phenomenon untheorized, and is a thinker who regards nothing as outside his field: [[master]] of the result is deeply interesting and provocativecounterintuitive observation' - GuardianNew Yorker
