![]() There is no single cause that can entirely explain it. ![]() ![]() This complexity is important for understanding the origins of the present crisis. “One should insist on the basic unity of the three domains”, he argues. First, the real nature of this emergency is, according to Žižek, a “crucial ideological and political battle” across three domains-the pandemic, an ecological crisis, and racism. Several themes deserve discussion outside the philosophy classroom. He now has a new book of reflections about the events of the past year- Pandemic! 2 Chronicles of a Time Lost. The story of COVID-19 vaccines is one example. But Žižek was correct to suggest that “even horrible events can have unpredictable positive consequences”. On the contrary, COVID-19 has sharpened rivalries, weakened alliances, and intensified nationalisms. He was sadly wrong to suggest that the pandemic would precipitate the birth of a new global solidarity “based on trust in the people and in science”. A philosopher's way of saying that absence might make the heart grow fonder. Žižek wondered if physical distancing might “strengthen the intensity of our link with others”. ![]() It would be a mistake to search for a deeper meaning to COVID-19 (“it just happened”). The pandemic would not make us any wiser. In Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World, he offered some provisional predictions. Slavoj Žižek was one of the first philosophers to write about COVID-19. ![]()
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