Too Late to Awaken - What Lies Ahead When There Is No Future

The "most dangerous philosopher in the West" returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicament.

Žižek''s most urgent and accessible book yet asks us all to imagine that catastrophe is a foregone conclusion—so that we can actually save the world.

We hear all the time that we''re moments from doomsday. Around us, crises interlock and escalate, threatening our collective survival: Russia''s invasion of Ukraine, with its rising risk of nuclear warfare, is taking place against a backdrop of global warming, ecological breakdown, and widespread social and economic unrest. Protestors and politicians repeatedly call for action, but still we continue to drift towards disaster. We need to do something. But what if the only way for us to prevent catastrophe is to assume that it has already happened-to accept that we''re already five minutes past zero hour?

About the author

Slavoj Zizek

Product details

• Authors: Slavoj Zizek
• Publisher: Seven stories press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2024
• EAN: 9781644214190
• ISBN: 978-1-64421-419-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 209 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories