Like a Thief in Broad Daylight by Slavoj Zizek

Author:Slavoj Zizek
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cultural studies, dsa, anarchism, communism, socialism, leftism, lacan, chapo trap house, philosophy, political philosophy, political science, technology, liberalism, government, philosophy books, geopolitics, conservatism, automation, international politics, political books, politics, capital, ai, world politics, political science books, democrats, marxism, frankfurt school, sociology, critical theory, economics, essays, capitalism, political theory, psychoanalysis, culture, democracy, psychology, social theory, revolution, classic
ISBN: 9781609809768
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2019-09-24T18:00:00+00:00

Therein resides the unique chance opened up by the very real threat of nuclear (or ecological, for that matter) destruction: when we become aware of the danger that we might lose it all, we automatically get caught up in a retroactive illusion, a short circuit between reality and its hidden potentials. What we want to save is not the reality of our world, but the reality as it might have been if it were not hindered by antagonisms that gave birth to the nuclear threat. This is our true choice when we are confronting total destruction: that between a panicky retreat into self-preservation and active engagement for a change which aims at much more. If we muster the strength for the second choice, then – in Hegelian terms – we pass from ‘abstract universality’ (of the unleashed negativity that can only achieve global nuclear destruction) to ‘concrete universality’ (of an alternative new order in which such catastrophes will no longer be possible).

What is needed is no less than a new and global anti-nuclear movement, a global mobilization that would exert pressure on nuclear powers and act aggressively, organizing mass protests, boycotts, etc. It should focus not only on North Korea but also on those superpowers who assume the right to monopolize nuclear weapons. Public mention of the use of nuclear weapons should be treated as a criminal offence, and leaders who openly display their readiness to imperil millions of innocent lives in order to protect their own power should be treated as the worst criminals.

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