What Does Europe Want?: The Union and Its Discontents (Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture) - Softcover

What Does Europe Want? deals with the crisis in a highly polemical and exciting way. One feels that one is involved in the discussions as they are taking place. This means that the text is highly readable but at the same time provides us with some important political, economic, and psychological background to many of the aspects of the crisis which tend to go unexamined or unreported.--Peter Thompson, Sheffield

An outstanding book--radical in the best sense of the word. What Does Europe Want? gets to the root of the matter and gives political theory material force. Horvat is a rising star in philosophy, while Žižek is a theoretical tsunami. By reading the signs from the future, this book cuts through propaganda and ideological mystification to expose the increasing danger threatening the EU.--Kelsey Wood, author of Žižek: A Reader's Guide

A Slovenian madman and a charismatic Croatian philosopher, joined by Greece's most dangerous politician, offer an analysis of the European deadlock in a way that is bitingly charming and bitterly intelligent. Any real European, faithful to the real idea of Europe, must read this.--Oliver Stone, American film director, screenwriter, producer

The pages of this book resonate with the authors' powerful demolition of the EU's Orwellian propaganda. Readers who care about Europe have a duty to share in Slavoj Žižek and Srecko Horvat's energy, irrespectively of whether they agree with them or not.--Yanis Varoufakis, author of The Global Minotaur: A Theory of the Global Crisis and Game Theory

How can we break, once and for all, the foundation of social apathy on which the construction of Europe since 1989 is built on? The active participation of the masses in politics is the only thing that can truly frighten the ruling elite in Europe and worldwide. And that's exactly why we should make it happen.--Alexis Tsipras, Greek politican, president of SYRIZA

Full of relevance and merit...Žižek and Horvat provide a deeply engaging and insightful polemic on how Europe went wrong - and how it can recover.--Publishers Weekly