Against the Double Blackmail - Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles With the Neighbours

One of our best-known living philosophers'' Guardianbr>br>How do we respond to the refugee crisis - by opening our doors, or pulling up the drawbridge? Both solutions, argues Slavoj Zizek, offer ideological blackmail, and both are wrong. He proposes that instead we see the crisis as an opportunity: a unique chance for Europe to redefine itself and its future. br>br>''Zizek identifies the refugee crisis as one of the major global challenges of our time ... he argues for a politics of solidarity'' The Times Literary Supplement>

Product details

• Authors: Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Žižek
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780141984124
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198412-4
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 5 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Terrorism, armed struggle, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, brexit; crisis; refugees; immigration