As a global pandemic like never before sweeps the planet, who better to tackle its deepest meanings than the ever-alert Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek? Žižek wanders around marveling at its bewildering contradictions and speculating about the depth of its consequences, all in a way that will leave you sweating profusely and breathing heavily. We are living at a moment when the greatest act of love has become staying away from everyone we love; the moment when governments have halted their massive spending to suddenly save trillions; the moment when toilet tissue has become as precious a commodity as diamonds; the moment when, in Žižek’s opinion, a new kind of communism will be born, our only way out of the slide into global barbarism.