Pandemic! : COVID-19 shakes the world /

As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes, and speculate on the profundity of its consequences, all in a manner that will have you sweating profus...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Žižek, Slavoj (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York; London : OR Books, 2020.
Subjects:
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 (Disease) > Social aspects.
Epidemics.
Quarantine.
Philosophy.
Scarcity.
COVID-19
Quarantine
Philosophy
COVID-19.
COVID-19 > Aspect social.
Quarantaine.
Philosophie.
Rareté (Économie politique)
philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Noli me tangere
  • 1. We’re all in the same boat now
  • 2. Why are we tired all the time?
  • 3. Towards a perfect storm in Europe
  • 4. Welcome to the viral desert
  • 5. The five stages of epidemics
  • 6. The virus of ideology
  • 7. Calm down and panic!
  • 8. Monitor and punish? Yes, please!
  • 9. Is barbarism with a human face our fate?
  • 10. Communism or barbarism, as simple as that!
  • 11. The appointment in Samara: a new use for some old jokes.

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