The Year of Dreaming DangerouslyVerso Books, 9 okt 2012 - 142 pagina's Call it the year of dreaming dangerously: 2011 caught the world off guard with a series of shattering events. While protesters in New York, Cairo, London, and Athens took to the streets in pursuit of emancipation, obscure destructive fantasies inspired the world’s racist populists in places as far apart as Hungary and Arizona, achieving a horrific consummation in the actions of mass murderer Anders Breivik. The subterranean work of dissatisfaction continues. Rage is building, and a new wave of revolts and disturbances will follow. Why? Because the events of 2011 augur a new political reality. These are limited, distorted—sometimes even perverted—fragments of a utopian future lying dormant in the present. |
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War Nam Nihadan | 1 |
From Domination to Exploitation and Revolt | 7 |
The DreamWork of Political Representation | 19 |
The Return of the Evil Ethnic Thing | 35 |
Welcome to the Desert of PostIdeology | 47 |
The Arab Winter Spring Summer and Fall | 63 |
Occupy Wall Street Or The Violent Silence of a New Beginning | 77 |
The Wire Or What to Do in NonEvental Times | 91 |
Beyond Envy and Resentment | 113 |
Signs From the Future | 127 |
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