Pandemic 2: COVID-19 and Lost Time by Slavoj Zizek

Price: 1,800 yen + tax Release date: 2021/02/24
ISBN:978-4-909483-85-0
Slavoj Zizek (author), Ryu Okazaki (supervisor and commentary), Atsuko Nakabayashi (translator)

The second urgent publication! The "most dangerous philosopher" thoroughly analyzes the era of division and conspiracy theories brought about by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic!

The sequel to the hugely popular "Pandemic: The Coronavirus that Shook the World" has already been released.

We are not all in the same boat - looking at the global situation from spring to fall 2020, this book thoroughly analyzes the poverty and inequality brought about by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, and the era of division and conspiracy theories from Black Lives Matter to the US presidential election, drawing on psychoanalytic theory and extensive knowledge of subculture, mainly film!

"Everyone must become a philosopher when proposing ways to combat this crisis." (From the text)


table of contents

Introduction: Why a Philosopher Writes About Harvesting Crop Plants Chapter 1 What we don't know. What we don't want to know. What we can do.
Chapter 2: May 1st in a virus worldChapter 3: COVID-19, global warming, exploitation - the same fightChapter 4: Why destroying statues is not radical enoughChapter 6: Sex in the age of social distancingChapter 7: The brave new world of pigs and humansChapter 8: No way, no way, no way!
Chapter 9: Where are Greta and Bernie?
Chapter 10: What kind of movies are being shown in the real world right now? Chapter 11: Murder in Paradise Chapter 12: The dreams being sold right now...
Chapter 13: Yes, the red pill...but which one?
Chapter 14 Simple things that are difficult to implement Conclusion (I don't have time to do it) - The will to ignorance Addendum: Four reflections on power, appearance, and obscenity Commentary by editor: The development of Zizek's theory of pandemics (Ryu Okazaki)


Author: Slavoj Žižek
Born in Slovenia in 1949. Philosopher. Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and International Director of the Birkbeck Institute of Humanities, University of London. He has opened up new horizons in philosophy and political theory, and has extensively discussed literature and film.

Supervised and explained by Ryu Okazaki
Born in Vermont in 1987, he left the doctoral program at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Sociology in 2016 after completing the required coursework, and completed his doctoral program at the Department of Philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin in 2021. He is currently a part-time lecturer at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Language and Society. His doctoral thesis is Zur kritischen Funktion des absoluten Geistes in Hegels Phänomenologie des Geistes (Humboldt University zu Berlin, 2021), and his co-translated works include Judith Butler's The Subject of Desire (translated by Okouchi Yasuki et al., Horinouchi Publishing, 2019), Markus Gabriel and Slavoj Žižek's Myth, Madness, and Laughter (translated by Okouchi Yasuki and Saito Kohei, Horinouchi Publishing, 2015), etc.

Translator Atsuko Nakabayashi Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Osaka University, and received an MA in Linguistics from California State University Graduate School. As a freelance translator, she translates corporate websites, pamphlets, academic materials, etc., mainly in the fields of medicine, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. She also works as a foreigner counselor at the city hall, helping to resolve issues facing foreign residents living in the city. Her translations include Zeynep Tufekci's "Twitter and Tear Gas" and Slavoj Zizek's "Pandemic" (P-Vine). Her favorite things are the Filipino sweet "Buko Salad," Hakuho and Tenpyo Buddhist statues, hedgehogs, and democracy.

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