Against the Double Blackmail : Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours

Author: Zizek, Slavoj

Social & political philosophy

Published on 23 February 2017 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

'One of our best-known living philosophers' GuardianHow do we respond to the refugee crisis - by opening our doors, or pulling up the drawbridge? Both solutions, argues Slavoj Žižek, offer ideological blackmail, and both are wrong. He proposes that instead we see the crisis as an opportunity: a unique chance for Europe to redefine itself and its future. 'Žižek identifies the refugee crisis as one of the major global challenges of our time ... he argues for a politics of solidarity' The Times Literary Supplement