Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbors:

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Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbors: Against the Double Blackmail

Called "the Elvis of cultural theory" by The New York Times, popular philosopher and leftist rabble-rouser Slavoj Zizek, looks at one of the most desperate situations of our time: the current refugee crisis overwhelming Europe.

In this short yet stirring book, Zizek argues that accepting all comers or blocking all entry are both untenable solutions... but there is a third option.

Today, hundreds of thousands of people, desperate to escape war, violence and poverty, are crossing the Mediterranean to seek refuge in Europe. Our response, from our protected Western European standpoint, argues Slavoj Zizek, offers two versions of ideological blackmail: either we open our doors as widely as possible; or we try to pull up the drawbridge. Both solutions are bad, states Zizek. They merely prolong the problem, rather than tackling it.

The refugee crisis also presents an opportunity, a unique chance for Europe to redefine itself: but, if we are to do so, we have to start raising unpleasant and difficult questions. We must also acknowledge that large migrations are our future: only then can we commit to a carefully prepared process of change, one founded not on a community that see the excluded as a threat, but one that takes as its basis the shared substance of our social being.

The only way, in other words, to get to the heart of one of the greatest issues confronting Europe today is to insist on the global solidarity of the exploited and oppressed. Maybe such solidarity is a utopia. But, warns Zizek, if we don't engage in it, then we are really lost. And we will deserve to be lost.

Country	USA
Author	Slavoj Zizek
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781612196251
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Melville House
Manufacturer	Melville House
NumberOfPages	144
PublicationDate	2016-10-04
Publisher	Melville House
ReleaseDate	2016-10-04
Studio	Melville House

Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbors: Against the Double Blackmail

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