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Slavoj Zizek and Srecko 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, Zizek 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.
Contents
Forewordthis the Future that Europe Deserves?, by Alexis Tsipras Preface: What Does the U.S. Want, or What to Do After Occupy?, by Srecko Horvat 1. Breaking Our Eggs without the Omelette, from Cyprus to Greece, by Slavoj Zizek 2. Danke Deutschland!, by Srecko Horvat 3. When the Blind Are Leading the Blind, Democracy Is the Victim, by Slavoj Zizek 4. Why the EU Needs Croatia More than Croatia Needs the EU, by Srecko Horvat 5. What Does Europe Want?, by Slavoj Zizek 6. Are the Nazis Living on the Moon?, by Srecko Horvat 7. The Return of the Christian-conservative Revolution, by Slavoj Zizek 8. In the Land of Blood and Money: Angelina Jolie and the Balkans, by Srecko Horvat 9. The Turkish March, by Slavoj Zizek 10. War and Peace in Europe: 'Bei den Sorglosen', by Srecko Horvat 11. Save Us from the Saviours: Europe and the Greeks, by Slavoj Zizek 12. 'I'm Not Racist, but ... the Blacks are Coming!', by Srecko Horvat 13. Shoplifters of the World Unite, by Slavoj Zizek 14. Do Markets Have Feelings?, by Srecko Horvat 15. The Courage to Cancel the Debt, by Slavoj Zizek 16. The Easiest Way to the Gulag Is to Joke About the Gulag, by Srecko Horvat 17. We Need a Margaret Thatcher of the Left, by Slavoj Zizek 18. Europe Will Be Either Democratic and Social or It Will No Longer Exist (interview by Srecko Horvat), by Alexis Tsipras 19. The Role of the European Left (debate), by Slavoj Zizek and Alexis Tsipras Afterword: Europe Is Dead, Long Live Europe!, by Srecko Horvat Notes
