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1 online resource (xv, 172 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170). |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 between utopian theory and practice. The book reassesses the legacy of utopia and conceptualizes alternatives to the neo-liberal, technocratic regimes prevalent in today's world. It. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Utopias -- Philosophy.
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Utopias -- Philosophy. |
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Utopias. |
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Existentialism.
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Existentialism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Marder, Michael, 1980-
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Vieira, Patricia I., 1977-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marder, Michael. Existential Utopia : New Perspectives on Utopian Thought. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2011 9781441169211 |
| ISBN |
9781441100511 (electronic book) |
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1441100512 (electronic book) |
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1283380471 |
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9781283380478 |
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9781441169211 |
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1441169210 |
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9780826420725 |
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0826420729 |
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