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Political Uses of Utopia: New Marxist, Anarchist, and Radical Democratic Perspectives
S. D. ( Chrostowska
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Paperback. Editor(s): Ingram, James D. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Utopia has long been banished from political theory, framed as an impossible-and possibly dangerous-political ideal, a flawed social blueprint, or a thought experiment without any practical import. Even the realistic utopias of liberal theory strike many as wishful thinking. Can politics think utopia otherwise? Can utopian thinking contribute to the renewal of politics? In Political Uses of Utopia, an international cast of leading and emerging theorists agree that the uses of utopia for politics are multiple and nuanced and lie somewhere between-or, better yet, beyond-the mainstream caution against it and the conviction that another, better world ought ... Read more
Utopia has long been banished from political theory, framed as an impossible-and possibly dangerous-political ideal, a flawed social blueprint, or a thought experiment without any practical import. Even the realistic utopias of liberal theory strike many as wishful thinking. Can politics think utopia otherwise? Can utopian thinking contribute to the renewal of politics? In Political Uses of Utopia, an international cast of leading and emerging theorists agree that the uses of utopia for politics are multiple and nuanced and lie somewhere between-or, better yet, beyond-the mainstream caution against it and the conviction that another, better world ought ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
New Directions in Critical Theory
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231179591
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V9780231179591
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About S. D. ( Chrostowska
S. D. Chrostowska teaches humanities and social and political thought at York University and is the author of the critical-philosophical fragments Matches (2015), the novel Permission (2013), and Literature on Trial: The Emergence of Critical Discourse in Germany, Poland, and Russia, 1700-1800 (2012). James D. Ingram teaches political theory at McMaster University. He is the author of Radical Cosmopolitics: ... Read more
Reviews for Political Uses of Utopia: New Marxist, Anarchist, and Radical Democratic Perspectives
Utopian students and scholars will recognize that they must own this book and digest, confront, and come to terms with the various arguments and interpretations of utopia.
Peter G. Stillman, Vassar College In an era suffering from stale political choices, utopian thinking is showing signs of life. Political Uses of Utopia offers up a rich smorgasbord of recent efforts ... Read more
Peter G. Stillman, Vassar College In an era suffering from stale political choices, utopian thinking is showing signs of life. Political Uses of Utopia offers up a rich smorgasbord of recent efforts ... Read more