{"product_id":"9780141979540-trouble-in-paradise","title":"Trouble in Paradise","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the End of History to the End of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eSetting out to diagnose the condition of global capitalism, the ideological constraints we are faced with in our lives, and the bleak future promised by this system, this book explores the possibilities - and the traps - of new emancipatory struggles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTrouble in Paradise,\u003c\/i\u003e Slavoj Žižek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains how by drawing on the ideas of communism, we can find a way out of the crisis of capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is obviously trouble in the global capitalist paradise. But why do we find it so difficult to imagine a way out of the crisis we're in? It is as if the trouble feeds on itself: the march of capitalism has become inexorable, the only game in town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSetting out to diagnose the condition of global capitalism, the ideological constraints we are faced with in our daily lives, and the bleak future promised by this system, Slavoj Žižek explores the possibilities - and the traps - of new emancipatory struggles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing insights from phenomena as diverse as Gangnam Style to Marx, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Knight\u003c\/i\u003e to Thatcher, \u003ci\u003eTrouble in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive dissection of the world we inhabit, and the new order to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most dangerous philosopher in the West' - Adam Kirsch, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most formidably brilliant exponent of psychoanalysis, indeed of cultural theory in general, to have emerged in many decades' - Terry Eagleton \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Žižek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation' - \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30346546380897,"sku":"9780141979540","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34322570.jpg?v=1747267972","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141979540-trouble-in-paradise","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}