Utopia S Worlds And Frontiers Of The Imaginary

Author : Maria do Rosário Monteiro,Mário S. Ming Kong,Maria João Pereira Neto
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351966832

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Utopia(s) - Worlds and Frontiers of the Imaginary by Maria do Rosário Monteiro,Mário S. Ming Kong,Maria João Pereira Neto Pdf

The idea of Utopia springs from a natural desire of transformation, of evolution pertaining to humankind and, therefore, one can find expressions of “utopian” desire in every civilization. Having to do explicitly with human condition, Utopia accompanies closely cultural evolution, almost as a symbiotic organism. Maintaining its roots deeply attached to ancient myths, utopian expression followed, and sometimes preceded cultural transformation. Through the next almost five hundred pages (virtually one for each year since Utopia was published) researchers in the fields of Architecture and Urbanism, Arts and Humanities present the results of their studies within the different areas of expertise under the umbrella of Utopia. Past, present, and future come together in one book. They do not offer their readers any golden key. Many questions will remain unanswered, as they should. The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities - UTOPIA(S) WORLDS AND FRONTIERS OF THE IMAGINARY were compiled with the intent to establish a platform for the presentation, interaction and dissemination of researches. It aims also to foster the awareness and discussion on the topics of Harmony and Proportion with a focus on different utopian visions and readings relevant to the arts, sciences and humanities and their importance and benefits for the community at large.

Author : Paul Bloomfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Utopias
ISBN : OCLC:248657369

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Imaginary Worlds by Paul Bloomfield Pdf

Author : Phillip E. Wegner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520228290

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Imaginary Communities by Phillip E. Wegner Pdf

"Imaginary Communities is a beautiful treatment of utopian narratives as the quintessential genre for figuring social space in the modern nation-state. Wegner demonstrates a wide-ranging yet lighthanded philosophical learnedness, an urgent political conscience, and a deeply historical sense that narrative utopias are like specters that haunt particular moments of upheaval, crisis, and contradiction within modernity: whether the threshold between the vestiges of feudal agrarian society and early modern English capitalism, conflicts between the new oligarchy of industrializing late 19th c. United States and the increasing militancy of the labor movement, the uneven successes and failures of the Russian Revolution of 1905, or the mid-century Cold War struggles."—Lisa Lowe, author of Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics "In this important book, Wegner argues that the historical work done by utopian narratives should be reconsidered, interrogated, challenged—and continued. Insightful and provocative, Imaginary Communities will prove a valuable contribution to our thinking about the politics of imagination."—Daniel Cottom, author of Cannibals and Philosophers: Bodies of Enlightenment "Phillip Wegner's Imaginary Communities represents a major intervention in our understanding not merely of utopian literature, but the very ways in which we view our world. His concept of utopian narrative as both vision and practice, as participating in "real" worlds, a force for change rooted in the social world "as it is" and as it is becoming and is "imagined," succeeds wonderfully well; his notion of the imperative of "failure" as a resource of hope is deeply humane. He provides a body of work worth thinking through and thinking with. As a historian, I find the historicity of his approach, the literary arch spanning from the origins of the European nation-state to our global present and future, compelling in its ambition and execution. Wegner moves well beyond the more tired moves of "new historicist" literary criticism: this is historicist scholarship in a new key."—James Epstein, author of Radical Expression: Political Language, Ritual, and Symbol in England, 1790-1850

Author : R. Levitas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137314253

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Utopia as Method by R. Levitas Pdf

Utopia should be understood as a method rather than a goal. This book rehabilitates utopia as a repressed dimension of the sociological and in the process produces the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society, a provisional, reflexive and dialogic method for exploring alternative possible futures.

Author : Glenn Negley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Utopias
ISBN : OCLC:1086660794

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The Quest for Utopia by Glenn Negley Pdf

Author : Richard Gerber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000734720

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Utopian Fantasy by Richard Gerber Pdf

This book, originally published in 1955 and reissued in 1973, is a study of the flourishing of an ancient literary form which had only recently been recognized and systematically studied as a proper genre – utopian fiction. Beginning with the imaginary journeys of writers like H. G. Wells at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Gerber traces the evolving themes and forms of the genre through their culmination in the sophisticated nightmares of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. It is a two-fold transformation: On the one hand, the optimism of social reformers whose visions of the future were nurtured by the theories of Darwin and the triumph of science and industry gradually gives way to the pessimism of moral philosophers alarmed at the power science and technology have put at the disposal of totalitarian rulers. On the other hand, the earlier writers’ dependence on framing and distancing devices for their stories and heavy emphasis on technical details give way to the subtlety of complex psychological novels whose artistry makes the reader a citizen of the tragic worlds depicted.

Author : Thorsten Bagschik
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Economic aspects
ISBN : UCSC:32106014513243

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Utopias in the English-speaking World and the Perception of Economic Reality by Thorsten Bagschik Pdf

Author : Merlin Coverley
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781842438732

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Utopia by Merlin Coverley Pdf

For more than 2,000 years utopian visionaries have sought to create a blueprint of the ideal society: from Plato to HG Wells, from Cloud cuckoo land to Shangri-La, the utopian impulse has generated a vast body of work, encompassing philosophy and political theory, classical literature and science fiction. And yet these utopian dreams have often turned to nightmare, as utopia gives way to its dark reflection, dystopia. Utopia takes the reader on a journey through these imaginary worlds, charting the progress of utopian ideas from their origins within the classical world, to the rebirth of utopian ideals in the Middle Ages. Later we see the emergence of socialist and feminist ideas; while the twentieth century was to be dominated by expressions of totalitarian oppression. From the novel to the political manifesto, from satire to science fiction, utopias have always reflected the age that gave rise to them, and this guide will explore this historical context, offering both an analysis of the key texts and an account of their political and cultural background. Today, it is claimed that we are witnessing the death of utopia, as increasingly the ideals that give rise to them are undermined or dismissed. These arguments are explored and evaluated here, and contemporary examples of utopian thought used to demonstrate the enduring relevance of the utopian tradition. 'Crams a lot of information into a slim guide...Cleverly written' - Fortean Times 'Although a slim paperback, this book turns out to be quite exhaustive on the chosen topic and, in its brevity, to be quite original in its perspective as well' - Modern Language Review

Author : Glenn Negley,John Max Patrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X000124372

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The Quest for Utopia by Glenn Negley,John Max Patrick Pdf

"What we intend to present here is a representative sample of utopian thought in Western civilization. Very few utopias could be packed into our available space, and we agreed to the outset on three criteria to determine selection from the great abundance of material in this field"--preface.

Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
Publisher : Springer
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 52,8 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 : Eleanor Drage
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000923209

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The Planetary Humanism of European Women’s Science Fiction by Eleanor Drage Pdf

The Planetary Humanism of European Women’s Science Fiction argues that utopian science fiction written by European women has, since the seventeenth century, played an important role in exploring the racial and gender possibilities of the outer limits of the humanist imagination. This book focuses on six works of science fiction from the UK, France, Spain, and Italy: Jennifer Marie Brissett’s Elysium; Nicoletta Vallorani’s Sulla Sabbia di Sur and Il Cuore Finto di DR; Aliette de Bodard’s Xuya Universe series; Elia Barcelo’s Consecuencias Naturales; and Historias del Crazy Bar, a collection of stories by Lola Robles and Maria Concepcion Regueiro. It sets these in conversation with key gender and critical race scholars: Judith Butler, Rosi Braidotti, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Paul Gilroy, and Jack Halberstam. It asserts that a key concern for feminism, anti- racism, and science fiction now is to seek inventive ways of returning to the question of the human in the context of increasing racial and gender divisions. Offering unique access to contemporary and historical women writers who have mobilised the utopian imagination to rethink the human, this book is of use to those conducting research in Gender Studies, Philosophy, History, and Literature.

Author : Glenn Negley,J. Max Patrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Utopias
ISBN : OCLC:468744338

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The Quest for Utopia by Glenn Negley,J. Max Patrick Pdf

Author : Thomas More
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780192838858

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Three Early Modern Utopias by Thomas More Pdf

A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, notes, and glossary. - ;Thomas More: Utopia/ Francis Bacon: New Atlantis/Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More introduced into the English language not only a new word, but a new way of thinking about the gulf between what ought to be and what is. His Utopia is at once a scathing analysis of the shortcomings of his own society, a realistic suggestion for an alternative mode of social organization, and a satire on unrealistic idealism. Enormously influential, it remains a challenging as well as a playful text. This edition reprints Ralph Robinson's 1556 translation from More's original Latin together with letters and illustrations that accompanied early editions of Utopia. Utopia was only one of many early modern treatments of other worlds. This edition also includes two other, hitherto less accessible, utopian narratives. New Atlantis (1627) offers a fictional illustration of Francis Bacon's visionary ideal of the role that science should play in the modern society. Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668), a precursor of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, engages with some of the sexual, racial, and colonialist anxieties of the end of the early modern period. Together these texts illustrate the diversity of the early modern utopian imagination, as well as the different purposes to which it could be put. -

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436844746

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Famous Utopias: Being the Complete Text of Rousseau's Social Contract, More's Utopia, Bacon's New Atlantis, Campanella's City of the S by Anonim Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Patrick Parrinder
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137456786

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Utopian Literature and Science by Patrick Parrinder Pdf

Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato.