Srecko Horvat

What is democracy? Have our democratic societies turned into a form of totalitarianism? If so, how do they get away with it? The past is forgotten, and the future is without hope. Dystopia has become a reality. Capitalism and historical revisionism are part of the fabric of this new world of normalized apocalyptic politics. Our passivity is guaranteed if we believe there is no future - this is a radical manifesto for hope in democracy, union and internationalism. Srecko Horvat, a leading European philosopher, calls for a radical internationalism in order to bring true democracy to Europe.

Poetry from the Future

Igor Stiks

Radical Politics after Yugoslavia

Welcome to the Desert of Post-Socialism

Slavoj Zizek

Avrupa Birligi ve Onun Hosnutsuzluklari

Avrupa Ne Istiyor

Radicality of Love

While everyone is hypnotized by the dystopian siren song of Covid-19, the main eschatological threats to the future of humanity and the planet haven't disappeared. Climate crisis, nuclear age and now pandemics – these have become our 'new normal' and we must prepare ourselves for what comes after. In this post-apocalyptic rollercoaster ride through the world after the Apocalypse, philosopher Srećko Horvat invites us to explore the Apocalypse understood as 'revelation' (not the 'end' itself) and argues that the only way to prevent the end - namely, extinction - is to engage in a close reading of various interconnected threats like climate crisis, nuclear age and the ongoing pandemic. Drawing on the work of the neglected philosopher Günther Anders, this book outlines a philosophical approach to deal with what Horvat, borrowing a term from climate science and giving it a theological twist, calls 'eschatological tipping points'. It is no longer just the nuclear age or climate crisis, it is the collision of the nuclear age and climate crisis conjoined with various other major threats (pandemics, but also the viruses of capitalism and fascism). By investigating the future of places such as Chernobyl, the Mediterranean and Marshall Islands, including many places that were affected by Covid-19, the 'revelation' according to Horvat appears simple and unprecedented: the alternative is no longer socialism or barbarism, our only choice today is a radical re-invention of the world or mass extinction. After the Apocalypse is an urgent call not only to mourn tomorrow's dead today but to struggle for our future while we can.

After the Apocalypse

This volume offers a profound analysis of post-socialist economic and political transformation in the Balkans, involving deeply unequal societies and oligarchical “democracies.” The contributions deconstruct the persistent imaginary of the Balkans, pervasive among outsiders to the region, who see it as no more than a repository of ethnic conflict, corruption and violence. Providing a much needed critical examination of the Yugoslav socialist experience, the volume sheds light on the recent rebirth of radical politics in the Balkans, where new groups and movements struggle for a radically democratic vision of society.

Radical Politics After Yugoslavia

Welcome to the Desert of Post-Communism

Srecko Horvat

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