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Lucy Sargisson - Fool's Gold?: Utopianism in the Twenty-First Century - 9781403992420 - V9781403992420
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Fool's Gold?: Utopianism in the Twenty-First Century

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Description for Fool's Gold?: Utopianism in the Twenty-First Century Hardcover. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
What's wrong with the world today and how might it become better (or worse)? These are the questions pursued in this book, which explores the hopes and fears, dreams and nightmares of the 21st century. Through architecture, fiction, theory, film and experiments with everyday life, Sargisson explores contemporary hopes and fears about the future.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403992420
SKU
V9781403992420
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15

About Lucy Sargisson
LUCY SARGISSON is Associate Professor in Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK. This is her fourth book; she is also the author of Contemporary Feminist Utopianism (1996), Utopian Bodies and the Politics of Transgression (2000) and Living in Utopia: New Zealand's Intentional Communities (with Sargent, 2004).

Reviews for Fool's Gold?: Utopianism in the Twenty-First Century
'Sargisson's Fool's Gold? endorses utopia as a continuing vehicle of social hope. Written with great clarity, it steers a confident course through complex theoretical debates. It then offers a fascinating exposition of utopian currents in the contemporary world, ranging across religion, politics, literature, the prefigurative practices of architecture and intentional communities, and the virtual worlds of computer gaming. It is ... Read more

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