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PAN C!2 “[THE] MASTER OF THE COUNTERINTUITIVE OBSERVATION.” P —THE NEW YORKER A N D E In this exhilarating sequel to his acclaimed Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes M the World, Slavoj Žižek delves into the surprising dimensions of lockdowns, I C quarantines, and social distancing—as well as the increasingly unruly ! CHRONICLES OF A TIME LOST opposition to them by a “response-fatigued” public around the planet. 2 Here, Žižek examines the ripple effects on the food supply of harvest S L A V O J failures caused by labor shortages, and the hyper-exploitation of the global Ž class of care workers, without whose labor daily life would be impossible. I Through such examples he pinpoints the inability of contemporary Ž capitalism to effectively safeguard the public in times of crisis. E K Writing with characteristic daring and zeal, Žižek ranges across critical theory, pop culture, and psychoanalysis to reveal the troubling dynamics Ž I Ž E K of knowledge and power emerging in these viral times. ISBN 9781682194096 90000> OR Books www.orbooks.com 9781682 194096 Cover design by Antara Ghosh PAN C!2 “[THE] MASTER OF THE COUNTERINTUITIVE OBSERVATION.” P —THE NEW YORKER A N D E In this exhilarating sequel to his acclaimed Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes M the World, Slavoj Žižek delves into the surprising dimensions of lockdowns, I C quarantines, and social distancing—as well as the increasingly unruly ! CHRONICLES OF A TIME LOST opposition to them by a “response-fatigued” public around the planet. 2 Here, Žižek examines the ripple effects on the food supply of harvest S L A V O J failures caused by labor shortages, and the hyper-exploitation of the global Ž class of care workers, without whose labor daily life would be impossible. I Through such examples he pinpoints the inability of contemporary Ž capitalism to effectively safeguard the public in times of crisis. E K Writing with characteristic daring and zeal, Žižek ranges across critical theory, pop culture, and psychoanalysis to reveal the troubling dynamics Ž I Ž E K of knowledge and power emerging in these viral times. ISBN 9781682194096 90000> OR Books www.orbooks.com 9781682 194096 Cover design by Antara Ghosh PANDEMIC! 2 PANDEMIC! 2 Chronicles of a Time Lost SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK OR Books New York • London © 2020 Slavoj Žižek Published by OR Books, New York and London Visit our website at www.orbooks.com All rights information: [email protected] All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher, except brief passages for review purposes. First printing 2020 Cataloging-in-Publication data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Typeset by Lapiz Digital Services. Printed by BookMobile, USA, and CPI, UK. paperback ISBN 978-1-68219-409-6• ebook ISBN 978-1-68219-252-8 To all those whose daily lives are so miserable that they ignore Covid-19, regarding it as a comparatively minor threat. CONTENTS Introduction: Why a Philosopher Should Write about Bringing In the Harvest 1 1. W hat We Don’t Know, What We Don’t Want to Know, and What We Can Do 7 2. The First of May in the Viral World 17 3. C ovid-19, Global Warming, Exploitation— The Same Struggle 23 4. W hy Destroying Monuments Is Not Radical Enough 31 5. Father . . . or Worse 41 6. Sex in the Age of Social Distancing 49 7. T he (Not So) Brave New World of Pigs and Men 57 8. A No-Touch Future? No, Thanks! 63 9. Where Are Greta and Bernie? 69 10. What Movie Is Now Playing Out in Real Life? 75 11. Deaths in Paradise 83 12. Now We Live in a Store of the Worlds 89 13. Yes, Red Pill . . . but Which One? 97 14. Simple Things That Are Hard to Do 105 (No Time) to Conclude: The Will Not to Know 119 Appendix: Four Reflections on Power, Appearance, and Obscenity 147 The New Obscene Master—Oppression, Repression, Depression—The New Populism Is Not Fascism— The Crisis of New Populism
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