Table Of Content

Front Cover Page: 1 Back Cover Page: 2 Half-Title Page Page: 3 Title Page Page: 4 Copyright Page Page: 5 Contents Page: 6 Introduction: Is the Situation Still Excellent? Page: 7 1. Was the Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia Really a Game Changer? Page: 8 2. Who Makes Kurdistan Wild? Page: 9 3. Troubles in Our Paradise Page: 10 4. The Dangers of Sharing a Cup of Coffee With Assange Page: 11 5. Anatomy of a Coup: Democracy, the Bible, and Lithium Page: 12 6. Chile: Toward a New Signifier Page: 13 7. Left Labour’s Loss: A Post-Mortem Page: 18 8. Yes, Anti-Semitism Is Alive and Well—But Where? Page: 19 9. A Perfectly Rational Act . . . In a Mad World Page: 20 10. Winners and Losers of the Iranian Crisis Page: 21 11. Has America Really Lost Its Moral Leadership?: How the United States Is Becoming a Four-Party System Page: 22 12. A Plea for a Moderately Conservative Left Page: 23 13. The Amazon Is Burning—So What? Page: 24 14. Radical Change, Not Sympathy Page: 25 15. Trump Versus Rammstein Page: 27 16. A Day of Shame Indeed! Page: 30 17. Limits of Democracy Page: 31 18. The Courage of Covid Hopelessness Page: 33 19. Trump’s Barber Paradox Page: 35 20. How to Kill Trump in His Notion Page: 36 21. Democracy Reborn? Not With Joe Biden! Page: 37 22. The State of Things: The Choice Page: 38 23. The “Great Reset”? Yes, Please—But a Real One! Page: 41 24. Christ in the Time of a Pandemic Page: 45 25. First as Farce, Then as Tragedy? Page: 46 26. What Is Trump’s Greatest Treason? Page: 48 27. Here’s To You, Julian Assange! Page: 49 28. Biden on Putin’s (Lack of) Soul Page: 50 29. Class Struggle Against Classism Page: 51 30. “We Have to Live Till We Die”: What Can Rammstein Tell Us About Life in the Pandemic? Page: 55 31. A European Manifesto Page: 57 32. Which Game Has Stopped Working? Page: 58 33. Light at the End of the Tunnel? Page: 60 34. Three Ethical Stances Page: 61 35. Paris Commune at 150 Page: 65 36. Why I Am Still a Communist Page: 69

Description:

As we emerge (though perhaps only temporarily) from the pandemic, other crises move center stage: outrageous inequality, climate disaster, desperate refugees, mounting tensions of a new cold war. The abiding motif of our time is relentless chaos.

Acknowledging the possibilities for new beginnings at such moments, Mao Zedong famously proclaimed “There is great disorder under heaven; the situation is excellent.” The contemporary relevance of Mao’s observation depends on whether today’s catastrophes can be a catalyst for progress or have passed over into something terrible and irretrievable. Perhaps the disorder is no longer under, but in heaven itself.

Characteristically rich in paradoxes and reversals that entertain as well as illuminate, Slavoj Žižek’s new book treats with equal analytical depth the lessons of Rammstein and Corbyn, Morales and Orwell, Lenin and Christ. It excavates universal truths from local political sites across Palestine and Chile, France and Kurdistan, and beyond.

Heaven In Disorder looks with fervid dispassion at the fracturing of the Left, the empty promises of liberal democracy, and the tepid compromises offered by the powerful. From the ashes of these failures, Žižek asserts the need for international solidarity, economic transformation, and—above all—an urgent, “wartime” communism.