Law and the Utopian Imagination Contributor(s): Sarat, Austin (Editor), Douglas, Lawrence (Editor), Umphrey, Martha Merrill (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804790817 ISBN-13: 9780804790819 Publisher: Stanford Law Books OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Jurisprudence |
Dewey: 340.1 |
LCCN: 2013043600 |
Series: The Amherst Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 200 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |