| Trans/Forming Utopia - Volume I: Looking Forward to the End Contributor(s): Russell, Elizabeth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 303911347X ISBN-13: 9783039113477 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $77.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Drama - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 335.02 |
| LCCN: 2008050211 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.71 lbs) 236 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Is the utopian project dead? Is it possible to imagine a utopian society or a utopian world in the aftermath of the collapse of ideologies? This book contains fifteen essays which are the result of the 7th International Conference of Utopian Studies held in Spain in 2006, either debating the subject, or suggesting alternative readings to some of the theoretical ideas raised within utopian studies. The title of the volume suggests that the idea or dream of utopia is indeed very important, but that the framework and boundaries of the concept are fast changing. The contributors to this first volume of essays write from different countries and represent different standpoints. Their discussions focus on the analysis of films, political theories, utopian projects of the past and present, and an insight into the dialectics of global movements. |
