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“Refugees,” says Slavoj Žižek, “are the price humanity is paying for the global economy.” They are a result of global inequalities, and slamming down the drawbridge will not help, for mass-migrations are an inevitable part of the future, especially as climate change begins to bite. However, opening Leggi tutto

Ο Zizek-αν μη τι άλλο-μπορεί να προκαλεί αντιδράσεις από τον τίτλο (ή, πιο σωστά, τον υπότιτλο) ενός βιβλίου του: Τα πραγματικά αίτια του προσφυγικού κύματος και της τρομοκρατίας . Αρκετά απόλυτος τίτλος, που υπό άλλες συνθήκες θα με ξένιζε πολύ, αλλά κλείνω τα μάτια λόγω Zizek. Δε θα παραθέσω ολόκληρ Leggi tutto

This was long on intellectual posturing and philosophical name dropping and short on solutions - it's a polemic, not a guidebook, although the latter is vaguely suggested by the marketing of the text. Most of the book deals with issues only loosely related to migration and refugees, an early rant on Leggi tutto

Πάει το χάσε και αυτός "Έρχονται οι πρόσφυγες και μας πέρνουν τις δουλειές " "Δεν πρέπει να έχουν οι πρόσφυγες όνειρα" "Φταίνε σε μεγάλο βαθμό οι ίδιοι οι πρόσφυγες για τα δεινά τους" Μερικά χαριτωμένα που θα διαβάσεις σε αυτό το βιβλιαράκι. Leggi tutto

I found this this the most approachable Žižek book I've encountered. Still difficult of course, but very relevant and insightfull!

Eight or so years ago, I was fortunate enough to attend a lecture Slavoj Žižek gave at my college. Unfortunately, I didn't know at the time who he was and was too distracted by his many nervous tics to truly grasp what he was saying ... something to do with his interpretation of Christ's crucifixion Leggi tutto

U pesmi od Damira Avdića, Human Rights, postoji jedna, koliko tragična toliko i bolna, strofa o migrantskoj krizi: „Iskrcala se ljudska prava u zemlju moju iz oklopnjaka prizemljili iz transportera odmah iza projektila čizme nose da utabaju stazu meni da put nađem puške nose jednom klikne rafal puca Leggi tutto