A review by ska
Trouble in Paradise: From the End of History to the End of Capitalism by Slavoj Žižek

adventurous challenging funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

This book is told in the style of “concrete ramblings” ? Zižek draws connections from many seemingly unrelated topics and can find intertextuality, parallels, and  analogies for just about anything. It really softens the mood on very big topics, ideas and ideologies through likening them to pop culture and mainstream topics. He is able to boil down many loaded concepts into easily digestible bits. The only criticism I found was that he could start on an idea and leave it somewhat half finished or just not exhaustively explore everything he brought onto the page. Which ultimately only lead me to want to consume more of his content. But an overall good armchair read, which stays relevant to the now while drawing a lot on age old ideologies and some more contemporary ones like individualism. A great read overall! Easy to get through, funny and super interesting throughout