Srećko Horvat Bücher

Was würde passieren, wenn wir durch die revolutionäre Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts spazieren könnten und, ohne Angst vor den möglichen Antworten, den wichtigsten Protagonisten – von Lenin bis Che Guevara, von Alexandra Kollontai bis Ulrike Meinhof – scheinbar naive Fragen über die Liebe stellten? Die Radikalsten von ihnen, so der kroatische Philosoph Srećko Horvat, fürchteten sie. Obwohl alle wichtigen politischen und sozialen Veränderungen des 20. Jahrhunderts hitzige Debatten über die Rolle der Liebe mit sich brachten, scheint es, als würden wir uns im 21. Jahrhundert mit seinen neuen Technologien des Selbst (Grindr, Tinder, Online-Dating etc.) einer Hyperinflation des Sex, nicht der Liebe gegenübersehen. Dieses Buch versteht sich als Beitrag zu den gegenwärtigen Erhebungen in aller Welt – von Tahrir bis Taksim, von Occupy Wall Street bis Hongkong, von Athen bis Sarajevo – bei denen die Frage der Liebe seltsamerweise, erstaunlicherweise, durch Abwesenheit glänzt.

In this post-apocalyptic rollercoaster ride, philosopher Sreko Horvat invites us to explore the Apocalypse in terms of 'revelation' (rather than as the 'end' itself). He argues that the only way to prevent the end - i.e., extinction - is to engage in a close reading of various interconnected threats, such as climate crisis, the nuclear age and the ongoing pandemic. Drawing on the work of 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'. These are no longer just the nuclear age or climate crisis, but their collision, conjoined with various other major threats - not only pandemics, but also the viruses of capitalism and fascism. In his investigation of the future of places such as Chernobyl, the Mediterranean and the Marshall Islands, as well as many others affected by COVID-19, Horvat contends that the 'revelation' appears simple and unprecedented: the alternatives are no longer socialism or barbarism - our only alternatives today are a radical reinvention of the world, or mass extinction

'A compelling vision, an urgent necessity, and not beyond reach' Noam Chomsky The past is forgotten, and the future is without hope. Dystopia has become a reality. This is the new normal in our apocalyptic politics - but if we accept it, our helplessness is guaranteed. To bring about real change, argues activist and political philosopher Srecko Horvat, we must first transform our mindset. Ranging through time and space, from the partisan liberation movements of Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia to the contemporary culture, refugee camps and political frontlines of 21st century Europe, Horvat shows that the problems we face today are of an unprecedented nature. To solve them, he argues in this passionate call for a new radical internationalism, we must move beyond existing ways of thinking: beyond borders, national identities and the redundant narratives of the past. Only in this way can we create new models for living and, together, shape a more open and optimistic future.

Slavoj Zizek and Srecko Horvat combine their critical clout to emphasize the dangers of ignoring Europe's growing wealth gap and the parallel rise in right-wing nationalism, which is directly tied to the fallout from the ongoing financial crisis and its prescription of imposed austerity.

What would happen if we could stroll through the revolutionary history of the 20th century and, without any fear of the possible responses, ask the main protagonists - from Lenin to Che Guevara, from Alexandra Kollontai to Ulrike Meinhof - seemingly naïve questions about love? Although all important political and social changes of the 20th century included heated debates on the role of love, it seems that in the 21st century of new technologies of the self (Grindr, Tinder, online dating, etc.) we are faced with a hyperinflation of sex, not love. By going back to the sexual revolution of the October Revolution and its subsequent repression, to Ches dilemma between love and revolutionary commitment and to the period of 68 (from communes to terrorism) and its commodification in late capitalism, the Croatian philosopher Srecko Horvat gives a possible answer to the question of why it is that the most radical revolutionaries like Lenin or Che were scared of the radicality of love. What is so radical about a seemingly conservative notion of love and why is it anything but conservative? This short book is a modest contribution to the current upheavals around the world - from Tahrir to Taksim, from Occupy Wall Street to Hong Kong, from Athens to Sarajevo - in which the question of love is curiously, surprisingly, absent.

Co by se stalo, pokud bychom měli tu možnost projít si revoluční historií 20. Století a klást jeho hlavním protagonistům – od Lenina k Che Guevarovi, od Alexandry Kollontajové k Ulrike Meinhofové – zdánlivě naivní otázky na téma lásky? Proč měli ti nejradikálnější revolucionáři jako Lenin nebo Che strach z radikality lásky? Co je tak radikálního na zdánlivě konzervativním pojmu lásky? Proč je to vše, jen ne konzervativní? Vraceje se zpět k sexuální revoluci Říjnové revoluce a jí následující represi, ke Guevarově dilematu mezi láskou a oddání se revoluci a k období osmašedesátého a jeho následkům, otvírá chorvatský filozof Srećko Horvat pole představ, které nám může pomoci tyto otázky zodpovědět. Jeho kniha je skromným příspěvkem k současným převratům po celém světě – od Tahriru po Taksim, od hnutí Occupy po Hong Kong, od Athén po Sarajevo - v nichž otázka lásky podivně a překvapivě schází.