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Utopia from Thomas More to Walter Benjamin
Miguel Abensour
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Paperback. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 129 x 204 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
Utopia poses a question. Not simply in the sense of a problem to be resolved and at the same time eliminated . . . but in the sense that, within the economy of the human condition, utopia, the aim of social alterity-of all social otherness-is ceaselessly being reborn, coming back to life despite all the blows rained down upon it, as if human resistance had taken up residence within it. dFor the French philosopher Miguel Abensour, the fictional genre of utopia has provided thinkers and artists a fertile ground to explore for the past 500 years, both as a way ... Read more
Utopia poses a question. Not simply in the sense of a problem to be resolved and at the same time eliminated . . . but in the sense that, within the economy of the human condition, utopia, the aim of social alterity-of all social otherness-is ceaselessly being reborn, coming back to life despite all the blows rained down upon it, as if human resistance had taken up residence within it. dFor the French philosopher Miguel Abensour, the fictional genre of utopia has provided thinkers and artists a fertile ground to explore for the past 500 years, both as a way ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Univocal
Condition
New
Weight
159g
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9781945414008
SKU
V9781945414008
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About Miguel Abensour
Miguel Abensour is a French philosopher best known for his influence in shepherding the reception of the Frankfurt School in France. He has written several works on utopia, including L'homme est un animal utopique and most recently L'histoire de l'utopie et le destin de sa critique. Raymond N. MacKenzie is professor of English at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Utopia from Thomas More to Walter Benjamin
Short but an interesting eclectic reading, this book surely is an enjoyable reading for theorists of politics and cultural studies. -Leonardo