Kyle Harrison
to-read
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
- Author
- Slavoj Žižek
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 193
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Žižek on the 2008 crash and the War on Terror, arguing that the liberal-capitalist response repeats the earlier catastrophe as farce.
Where I saw it: Recommended in a BookTok video by nathan shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) — a reading list on US empire, policing and disaster capitalism — saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@schizophrenicreads/video/7460632962523008287
Connections
- Ideological Family Tree — where this sits on the tree.
- Capitalism — the target.