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
Existential utopia : new perspectives on utopian thought
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- Bloomsbury Academic;Continuum International Publishing
- Year
- 2012
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- English
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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. The original essays, contributed by key thinkers such as Gianni Vattimo and Jean-Luc Nancy, highlight the connection Read more...
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β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
INTRODUCTION
PART I Utopia Unbound
CHAPTER 1 In Place of Utopia
CHAPTER 2 Utopia, Counter- Utopia, Irony
CHAPTER 3 From Modern Utopias toContemporary Uchronia
CHAPTER 4 Existential Utopia: Of the World, the Possible, the Finite
CHAPTER 5 Still / Encore
CHAPTER 6 The Theater of Utopia: Deleuze on Acting and Politics
PART II Putting Utopia to Work
CHAPTER 7 Ernst Bloch, Utopia, and Ideology Critique
CHAPTER 8 Secularism and Post- Secularism in Roberto Unger and Ernst Bloch: Toward a Utopian Ontology. CHAPTER 9 At the End of Utopia--
IndifferenceCHAPTER 10 History, Politics, and Utopia: Toward a Synthesis of Social Theory and Practice
CHAPTER 11 A Practical Utopia for the Twenty- First Centur
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors.
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Utopias -- Philosophy. Existentialism. Communism. Utopian thought. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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