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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The utopian hypothesis : from radical politics to speculative myth -- The emancipation of desire : preludes and postludes of May '68 -- The utopia of survival : critical theory against the state -- Epilogue : the displaced imagination. |
| Summary |
"A pathbreaking exploration of the fate of utopia in our troubled times, this book shows how the historically intertwined endeavors of utopia and critique might be leveraged in response to humanity's looming existential challenges. Utopia in the Age of Survival makes the case that critical social theory needs to reinstate utopia as a speculative myth. At the same time the left must reassume utopia as an action-guiding hypothesis--that is, as something still possible. S.D. Chrostowska looks to the vibrant, visionary mid-century resurgence of embodied utopian longings and projections in Surrealism, the Situationist International, and critical theorists writing in their wake, reconstructing utopia's link to survival through to the earliest, most radical phase of the French environmental movement. Survival emerges as the organizing concept for a variety of democratic political forms that center the corporeality of desire in social movements contesting the expanding management of life by state institutions across the globe. Vigilant and timely, balancing fine-tuned analysis with broad historical overview to map the utopian impulse across contemporary cultural and political life, Chrostowska issues an urgent report on the vitality of utopia"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Utopias.
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Utopias. |
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Critical theory.
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Critical theory. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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critical theories (dialectical critiques) |
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Utopias. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chrostowska, S. D. 1975- Utopia in the age of survival Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2021 9781503629981 (DLC) 2021018478 |
| ISBN |
9781503630000 electronic book |
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1503630005 electronic book |
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9781503629981 hardcover |
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9781503629998 paperback |
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