Like A Thief In Broad Daylight - Power in the Era of Post-Humanity

Informationen zum Autor Slavoj Žižek is a Hegelian philosopher, a Lacanian psychoanalyst, and a Communist. He is International Director at the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities, University of London, UK, Visiting Professor at the New York University, USA, and Senior Researcher at the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Klappentext Slavoj ¿i¿ek is a Hegelian philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst, and political activist. He is international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and Eminent Scholar at Kyung-Hee University, Seoul. His previous books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, Trouble in Paradise and, most recently, The Courage of Hopelessness . Zusammenfassung In our brave new world of Big Tech, work is automated and money melts into air. What comes next as the global capitalist edifice crumbles? Slavoj Žižek shows how the answer is already stealing into sight, like a thief in broad daylight. What we must do is wake up and see it. 'In a world determined to crush hope of radical change, where moral corruption poses as pragmatism and systemic oppression as the new freedom, Slavoj Žižek's excellent new book serves humanity in a way that only authentic philosophy can' Yanis Varoufakis 'The Elvis of cultural theory' New Statesman 'Master of the counterintuitive observation' New Yorker

Product details

• Authors: Slavoj Zizek, Slavoj Žižek
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780141989198
• ISBN: 978-0-14-198919-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Impact of science & technology on society, Political science and theory, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Impact of science and technology on society