What does Europe want? : the union and its discontents / Srećko Horvat, Slavoj Žižek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Žižek, Slavoj, author.

Horvat, Srećko, author.

Series:

Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Local Subjects:

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Slavojiek 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, Slavojiek 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword. The Destruction of Greece as a Model for All of Europe: Is this the Future that Europe Deserves? / Tsipras, Alexis

Preface. What Does the U.S. Want, or What to Do After Occupy? / Horvat, S.

1. Breaking Our Eggs without the Omelette, from Cyprus to Greece. / Žižek, Slavoj

2. Danke Deutschland! / Horvat, Srećko

3. When the Blind Are Leading the Blind, Democracy Is the Victim / Žižek, Slavoj

4. Why the EU Needs Croatia More than Croatia Needs the EU / Horvat, Srećko

5. What Does Europe Want? / Žižek, Slavoj

6. Are the Nazis Living on the Moon? / Horvat, Srećko

7. The Return of the Christian-conservative Revolution / Žižek, Slavoj

8. In the Land of Blood and Money: Angelina Jolie and the Balkans / Horvat, Srećko

9. The Turkish March / Žižek, Slavoj

10. War and Peace in Europe: 'Bei den Sorglosen' / Horvat, Srećko

11. Save Us from the Saviours: Europe and the Greeks / Žižek, Slavoj

12. 'I'm Not Racist, but ... The Blacks are Coming!' / Horvat, Srećko

13. Shoplifters of the World Unite / Žižek, Slavoj

14. Do Markets Have Feelings? / Horvat, Srećko

15. The Courage to Cancel the Debt / Žižek, Slavoj

16. The Easiest Way to the Gulag Is to Joke About the Gulag / Horvat, Srećko

17. We Need a Margaret Thatcher of the Left / Žižek, Slavoj

18. Europe Will Be Either Democratic and Social or It Will No Longer Exist (interview) / Tsipras, Alexis

19. 'The Role of the European Left' (debate) / Žižek, Slavoj / Tsipras, Alexis

Afterword. Europe Is Dead, Long Live Europe! / Horvat, Srećko

Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9780231538411

0231538413

OCLC:

978899742