The Utopian Constellation

Author : Chamsy el-Ojeili
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030325169

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The Utopian Constellation by Chamsy el-Ojeili Pdf

This book examines the utopian dimension of contemporary social and political thought. Arguing for a utopian optic for the human sciences, el-Ojeili claims that major transformations of the utopian constellation have occurred since the end of the twentieth century. Following a survey of major utopian shifts in the modern period, el-Ojeili focuses on three spaces within today’s utopian constellation. At the liberal centre, we see a splintering effect, particularly after the global financial crisis of 2008: a contingent neo-liberalism, a neo-Keynesian turn, and a liberalism of fear. At the far-Right margin, we see the consolidation of post-fascism, a combination of “the future in the past”, elements of the post-modern present, and appeals to a novel future. Finally, at the far-Left, a new communism has emerged, with novel positions on resistance, maps of power, and a contemporary variant of the Left’s artistic critique. The Utopian Constellation will be of interest to scholars and students across the human sciences with an interest in utopian studies, ideological and discourse analysis, the sociology of knowledge, and the study of political culture.

Author : Mark Boyle
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118451502

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Human Geography by Mark Boyle Pdf

Using the story of the “West and the world” as its backdrop, this book provides for beginning students a clear and concise introduction to Human Geography, including its key concepts, seminal thinkers and their theories, contemporary debates, and celebrated case studies. Introduces and applies the basic concepts of human geography in clear, concise, and engaging prose Explores the significance of the rise, reign, and faltering of the West from around the fifteenth century in the shaping of the key demographic, environmental, social, economic, political, and cultural processes active in the world today Addresses important thinkers, debates, and theories in an accessible manner with a focus on discerning the inherent Western bias in human geographical ideas Incorporates case studies that explore human geographies which are being made in both Western and non Western regions, including Latin America, Africa and Asia. Is written so as to be accessible to students and contains chapter learning objectives, checklists of key ideas, chapter essay questions, zoom in boxes, guidance for further reading and a book glossary. Accompanied by a website at www.wiley.com/go/boyle featuring, for students, tutorial exercises, bonus zoom in boxes, links to further learning resources and biographies of key thinkers, and for instructors, further essay questions, multiple choice exam questions, and ppt lecture slides for each chapter.

Author : Carrie Hintz,Elaine Ostry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135373368

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Utopian and Dystopian Writing for Children and Young Adults by Carrie Hintz,Elaine Ostry Pdf

This volume examines a variety of utopian writing for children from the 18th century to the present day, defining and exploring this new genre in the field of children's literature. The original essays discuss thematic conventions and present detailed case studies of individual works. All address the pedagogical implications of work that challenges children to grapple with questions of perfect or wildly imperfect social organizations and their own autonomy. The book includes interviews with creative writers and the first bibliography of utopian fiction for children.

Author : Fernando Arenas
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0816638160

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Utopias of Otherness by Fernando Arenas Pdf

Forges a new understanding of how these two Lusophone nations are connected. The closely entwined histories of Portugal and Brazil remain key references for understanding developments--past and present--in either country. Accordingly, Fernando Arenas considers Portugal and Brazil in relation to one another in this exploration of changing definitions of nationhood, subjectivity, and utopias in both cultures. Examining the two nations' shared language and histories as well as their cultural, social, and political points of divergence, Arenas pursues these definitive changes through the realms of literature, intellectual thought, popular culture, and political discourse. Both Brazil and Portugal are subject to the economic, political, and cultural forces of postmodern globalization. Arenas analyzes responses to these trends in contemporary writers including Jose Saramago, Caio Fernando Abreu, Maria Isabel Barreno, Vergilio Ferreira, Clarice Lispector, and Maria Gabriela Llansol. Ultimately, Utopias of Otherness shows how these writers have redefined the concept of nationhood, not only through their investment in utopian or emancipatory causes such as Marxist revolution, women's liberation, or sexual revolution but also by shifting their attention to alternative modes of conceiving the ethical and political realms.

Author : Frank Edward MANUEL,Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel,Frank Edward Manuel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 907 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674040564

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Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank Edward MANUEL,Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel,Frank Edward Manuel Pdf

The authors have structured five centuries of utopian invention by identifying successive constellations, groups of thinkers joined by common social and moral concerns. Within this framework they analyze individual writings, in the context of the author's life and of the socio-economic, religious, and political exigencies of his time.

Author : Jorge León Casero
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031534911

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Rethinking Democracy for Post-Utopian Worlds by Jorge León Casero Pdf

Author : Mathias Thaler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316516478

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No Other Planet by Mathias Thaler Pdf

Investigates the role of hope and fear in our climate-changed world by focusing on various expressions of the utopian imagination.

Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
Publisher : Springer
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230391901

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Utopia in the Age of Globalization by Robert T. Tally Jr. Pdf

The idea of "Utopia" has made a comeback in the age of globalization, and the bewildering technological shifts and economic uncertainties of the present era call for novel forms of utopia. Tally argues that a new form of utopian discourse is needed for understanding, and moving beyond, the current world system.

Author : Nina Rismal
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004678453

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The Ends of Utopian Thinking in Critical Theory by Nina Rismal Pdf

The book offers a critical account of how utopian thinking became defeated as a tool of philosophy whose explicit objective has been to not only analyse but emancipate the world. While such philosophy was originally inseparable from ideas of a radically better society it aimed to realise, many of its most influential practitioners today object to the use of utopian ideas. Countering this scepticism, the book argues in favour of utopian thinking. By elucidating a concept of utopia freed of its alleged pitfalls, the book contends that utopian thinking indeed presents an important resource for achieving emancipatory social goals.

Author : Barbara Goodwin,Keith Taylor
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 3039110802

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The Politics of Utopia by Barbara Goodwin,Keith Taylor Pdf

This book provides both an introduction to utopianism and a general perspective on radical political thought. Vigorously disputing the widespread conviction that utopianism is a fantasy with no relevance to modern political life and thought, the authors argue that it is a concept whose special virtue lies in its capacity to transcend the limitations of present circumstances, to inspire alternative thinking and to open up new directions for political action. This book develops an approach which relates social causes to political theory and practice. The first part discusses utopianism as a form of political theory with unique characteristics and the ability to transcend the present. The second part considers utopianism as an expression of fundamental social impulses and as an ingredient of modern political movements. The third part offers a defence of utopianism as both theory and practice, and argues for its use to counteract the pragmatism and narrow empiricism which often passes for political «realism» in modern societies. This reissue of a popular and well-received landmark text contains a new preface.

Author : Austin Sarat,Lawrence Douglas,Martha Merrill Umphrey
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780804791861

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Law and the Utopian Imagination by Austin Sarat,Lawrence Douglas,Martha Merrill Umphrey Pdf

Law and the Utopian Imagination seeks to explore and resuscitate the notion of utopianism within current legal discourse. The idea of utopia has fascinated the imaginations of important thinkers for ages. And yet—who writes seriously on the idea of utopia today? The mid-century critique appears to have carried the day, and a belief in the very possibility of utopian achievements appears to have flagged in the face of a world marked by political instability, social upheaval, and dreary market realities. Instead of mapping out the contours of a familiar terrain, this book seeks to explore the possibilities of a productive engagement between the utopian and the legal imagination. The book asks: is it possible to re-imagine or revitalize the concept of utopia such that it can survive the terms of the mid-century liberal critique? Alternatively, is it possible to re-imagine the concept of utopia and the theory of liberal legality so as to dissolve the apparent antagonism between the two? In charting possible answers to these questions, the present volume hopes to revive interest in a vital topic of inquiry too long neglected by both social thinkers and legal scholars.

Author : Obed Frausto,Jason Powell,Sarah Vitale
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030193416

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The Weariness of Democracy by Obed Frausto,Jason Powell,Sarah Vitale Pdf

Liberal democracy today, having aligned itself with capitalism, is producing a generalized feeling of weariness and disillusionment with government among the citizenry of many countries. Because of a decades-long march of globalized capitalism, economic oligarchies have gained oppressive levels of political power, and as a result, the economic needs of many people around the world have been neglected. It then becomes essential to remember that our ability to change society emerges from our power to formulate different questions; or, in this case, alternative understandings of democracy. This book draws together a variety of alternative theories of democracies in a quest to expose readers to a selection of the most exciting and innovative new approaches to politics today. The consideration of these leading alternative conceptualizations of democracy is important, as it is now common to see xenophobic and racist rhetoric using the platform of liberal democracy to threaten ideas of plurality, diversity, equality, and economic justice. In looking at four different models of democracy (utopian democracy, radical democracy, republican democracy, and plural democracy) this book argues that encounters with alternate conceptualizations of democracy is necessary if citizens and scholars are going to understand the constellation of possibilities that exist for inclusive, plural, economically equal, and just societies.

Author : Albrecht Wellmer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745692357

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The Persistence of Modernity by Albrecht Wellmer Pdf

In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post-modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean-François Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. In opposition to those who view post-modernity as a sign of post-enlightenment, Wellmer makes a reasoned plea for a re-examination of the goals of emancipatory Enlightenment and explores its implications for the appreciation of modern art forms.

Author : Kyle Mills
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0446539899

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Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Utopia Experiment by Kyle Mills Pdf

With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the president has been forced to establish his own clandestine group--Covert-One. It's activated only as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out. THE UTOPIA EXPERIMENT When Dresner Industries unveils the Merge, a device that is destined to revolutionize the world and make the personal computer and smartphone obsolete, Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is assigned to assess its military potential. He discovers that enhanced vision, real-time battlefield displays, unbreakable security, and near-perfect marksmanship are only the beginning of a technology that will change the face of warfare forever--and one that must be kept out of the hands of America's enemies at all costs. Meanwhile, in the mountains of Afghanistan, CIA operative Randi Russell encounters an entire village of murdered Afghans--all equipped with enhanced Merge technology that even the Agency didn't know existed. As Smith and Russell delve into the circumstances surrounding the Afghans' deaths, they're quickly blocked by someone who seems to have access to the highest levels of the military--a person that even the president knows nothing about. Is the Merge really as secure as its creator claims? And what secrets about its development is the Pentagon so desperate to hide? Smith and Russell are determined to learn the truth. But they may pay for it with their lives . . .

Author : Peter Alexander,Roger Gill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:39000000657408

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Utopias by Peter Alexander,Roger Gill Pdf