Existential utopia: new perspectives on utopian thought
by Marder, Michael Vieira, Patricia I.
Radical political thought of the 20th century was dominated by utopia, but the failure of communism in Eastern Europe and its disavowal in China has brought on the need for a new model of utopian thought. This book thus seeks to redefine the concept of utopia and bring it to bear on today's politics.
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- Full title :Existential utopia : new perspectives on utopian thought / edited by Patrícia Vieira and Michael Marder
Summary
Radical political thought of the 20th century was dominated by utopia, but the failure of communism in Eastern Europe and its disavowal in China has brought on the need for a new model of utopian thought. This book thus seeks to redefine the concept of utopia and bring it to bear on today's politics.
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- Publication Date:2012
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Continuum
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 172 s. ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780826420725, 9781441169211, 0826420729, 1441169210
- oclc:ocn770109382
- LC Classification:HX806
Table of Contents
Introduction. Utopia: A Political Ontology; Michael Marder and Patricia Vieir PART I: Utopia Unbound; 1. In Place of Utopia; Jean-Luc Nancy; 2. Utopia, Counter-Utopia, Irony; Gianni Vattimo; 3. From Modern Utopias to Contemporary Uchronia; Alexandre Franco de Sa; 4. Existential Utopia -- Of the World, the Possible, the Finite; Michael Marder and Patricia Vieira; 5. Still / Encore; Marcia Cavalcante-Schuback; 6. The Theater of Utopia: Deleuze On Acting and Politics; Claudia Baracchi; PART II: Putting Utopia to Work; 7. Ernst Bloch, Utopia and Ideology Critique; Douglas Kellner; 8. Secularism and Post-Secularism in Roberto Unger and Ernst Bloch: Towards a Utopian Ontology; Ruth Levitas; 9. At the End of Utopia -- Indifference; Josep Ramoneda; 10. History, Politics, and Utopia: Towards a Synthesis of Social Theory and Practice; Laurence Davis; 11. A Practical Utopia for the Twenty-First Century; Robert Albritton; Notes; Bibliography.
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