{"product_id":"first-as-tragedy-then-as-farce","title":"First as Tragedy, Then as Farce","description":"\u003cp\u003eBillions of dollars were hastily poured into the global banking system in a frantic attempt at financial stabilisation. So why has it not been possible to bring the same forces to bear in addressing world poverty and environmental crisis? In this take-no-prisoners analysis, Slavoj Zizek frames the moral failures of the modern world in terms of the epoch-making events of the first decade of this century. What he finds is the old one-two punch of history: the jab of tragedy, the right hook of farce. In the attacks of 9\/11 and the global credit crunch, liberalism dies twice: as a political doctrine and as an economic theory. The election of Donald Trump only confirms the bankruptcy of a liberal order on its last legs. First as Tragedy, Then as Farce is a call for the left to reinvent itself in the light of our desperate historical situation. The time for liberal, moralistic blackmail is over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slavoj Zizek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44247012147260,"sku":"9781786635938","price":2965.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781786635938_20o.jpg?v=1776803376","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/first-as-tragedy-then-as-farce","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}