Screen LibraryGlobalization and Utopia Critical essays /
Taking aim at the belief in utopia's demise, this collection of original essays offers a new look at the vibrant renewal of utopianism emerging in response to the challenges of globalization. It consider questions of hope and transformation associated with the utopian desire for social change.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230233607 |
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Taking aim at the belief in utopia's demise, this collection of original essays offers a new look at the vibrant renewal of utopianism emerging in response to the challenges of globalization. It consider questions of hope and transformation associated with the utopian desire for social change. "An excellent collection by truly serious authors on an subject hitherto ignored." - Charles Lemert, Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University, USA "This collection of essays places the concept of utopia firmly at the centre of a critical understanding of the idea and process of globalization. More, it shows how the idea of utopia is central to critical social theory. It not only deserves, but needs, to be widely read." - Ruth Levitas, Professor of Sociology, Bristol University, UK "The imaginative essays compiled in this bold study attest to the vitality of critical utopianism in the glob |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 288 p. |
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9780230203594 9780230233607 : 0230233600 : |
| CLC: | F114.41 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Reflections on the Demise and Renewal of Utopia in a Global Age-- P.Hayden & C.el-Ojeili PART I: GLOBALIZATION AND UTOPIANISM: THEORETICAL CONNECTIONS Placing Utopia: Some Classical Images-- P.Beilharz & C.Ellem 'Globalization' as Collective Representation: The New Dream of a Cosmopolitan Civil Sphere-- J.C.Alexander Two Post-Marxisms: Beyond Post-Socialism?-- C.el-Ojeili Globalization, Reflexive Utopianism, and the Cosmopolitan Social Imaginary-- P.Hayden After Utopia: Notes on an Ethics of Newness-- L.Gandhi Postsecularism: A New Global |