Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
The renowned philosopher finds a utopian future in worldwide protests.,Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, London, and Athens took to the streets in pursuit of emancipation, obscure destructive fantasies inspired the worldâ€™s racist populists in places as far apart as Hungary and Arizona, achieving a horrific consummation in the actions of mass murderer Anders Breivik.,The subterranean work of dissatisfaction continues. Rage is building, and a new wave of revolts and disturbances will follow. Why? Because the events of 2011 augur a new political reality. These are limited, distortedâ€”sometimes even pervertedâ€”fragments of a utopian future lying dormant in the present.
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The Year of Dreaming Dangerously