{"product_id":"first-as-tragedy-then-as-farce","title":"First as Tragedy, Then as Farce","description":"\u003cp\u003eBillions of dollars were hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilisation. So why has it not been possible to bring the same forces to bear in addressing world poverty and environmental crisis? In this take-no-prisoners analysis, Slavoj Zizek frames the moral failures of the modern world in terms of the epoch-making events of the first decade of this century. What he finds is the old one-two punch of history: the jab of tragedy, the right hook of farce.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the attacks of 9\/11 and the global credit crunch, liberalism dies twice: as a political doctrine and as an economic theory. The election of Donald Trump only confirms the bankruptcy of a liberal order on its last legs. First as Tragedy, Then as Farce is a call for the left to reinvent itself in the light of our desperate historical situation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe time for liberal, moralistic blackmail is over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: UK, 2018\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003ePages: 157\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781786635938\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1786635938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slavok Zizek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45341118562570,"sku":"","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781786635938.jpg?v=1710859894","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/first-as-tragedy-then-as-farce","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}