Utopia : Social Theory and the Future
Michael Hviid. Jacobsen
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Farnham : : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (239 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: Utopia as a Topic for Social Theory; Part I: Theoretical Musings; 1 Utopia and the End of History; 2 What Is Concrete about Ernst Bloch's 'Concrete Utopia'?; 3 Dreams, Visions and Utopias - Romantic and Realist Revolutionaries and the Idyllic; 4 Liquid Modern 'Utopia' - Zygmunt Bauman on the Transformation of Utopia; 5 Houellebecq's Dystopia - A Case of the Elective Affinity between Sociology and Literature; Part II: Theories in Motion; 6 Utopia and Criminology; 7 Utopianism, Dystopianism and Ecological Thought. - 8 Social Movements as Utopian Practice9 Virtual Utopias and Dystopias - The Cultural Imaginary of the Internet; 10 Utopias of Mobilities; Index. - In addition to considering the role of social theory in the imagination of alternative futures, this volume reflects on how social theory may assist us in understanding and appreciating utopia or utopianism as a special topic of interest, a special subject matter, a special analytical focus or a special normative dimension of sociological thinking. Bringing together the latest work from a leading team of social theorists, this volume will be of interest to sociologists, social and political theorists, anthropologists and philosophers.
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| Emner | Sociology.
Utopian socialism. Utopias. Historisk framstilling Vis mer... Law, Politics & Government
Political science Socialism, Communism & Anarchism Sosialfilosofi Utopier sosiologi sosialisme utopier politikk sosial teori |
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| ISBN | 9781409406990
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