The Year of Dreaming Dangerously Author:Slavoj Zizek The renowned philosopher finds a utopian future in worldwide protests.2011 was the year of dreaming dangerously: we all witnessed (and participated in) a series of shattering events. Emancipatory dreams mobilized protesters in New York, on Tahrir Square, in London and Athens ? and there were the obscure destructive dreams propelling the mass mur... more »derer Breivik and racist populists all around Europe, from the Netherlands to Hungary. The subterranean work of dissatisfaction is continuing: rage is accumulating and a new wave of revolts will follow. Why? Because the events of 2011 were signs from the future: we should analyze them as limited, distorted (sometimes even perverted) fragments of a utopian future which lies dormant in the present as its hidden potential.« less