What does Europe want? : the Union and its discontents

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What does Europe want? : the Union and its discontents

Title remainder

the Union and its discontents

Statement of responsibility

Slavoj Žižek, Srećko Horvat ; [foreword, Alexis Tsipras]

Creator

• Žižek, Slavoj
• trueZizek, Slavoj

Contributor

• Horvat, Srećko
• Columbia University, Press

Author

• Žižek, Slavoj
• Horvat, Srećko

Subject

• trueWorld politics
• trueWorld economy
• Civil rights -- European Union countries
• Equality before the law -- European Union countries
• trueEurope
• European Union
• Representative government and representation -- European Union countries

Language

eng

Summary

Slavoj Žižek and Srećko Horvat combine their critical clout to emphasize the dangers of ignoring Europe's growing wealth gap and the parallel rise in right-wing nationalism, which is directly tied to the fallout from the ongoing financial crisis and its prescription of imposed austerity. To general observers, the European Union's economic woes appear to be its greatest problem, but the real peril is an ongoing ideological-political crisis that threatens an era of instability and reactionary brutality. The fall of communism in 1989 seemed to end the leftist program of universal emancipation. However, nearly a quarter of a century later, the European Union has failed to produce any coherent vision that can mobilize people to action. Until recently, the only ideology receptive to European workers has been the nationalist call to "defend" against immigrant integration. Today, Europe is focused on regulating the development of capitalism and promoting a reactionary conception of its cultural heritage. Yet staying these courses, Žižek and Horvat show, only strips Europe of its power and stifles its political ingenuity. The best hope is for Europe to revive and defend its legacy of universal egalitarianism, which benefits all parties by preserving the promise of equal representation

Member of

• Insurrections

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueAccessible

Cataloging source

CGP

Dewey number

327.4

Index

no index present

LC call number

JN30

LC item number

.Z55 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Insurrections : critical studies in religion, politics, and culture