Political Uses of Utopia: New Marxist, Anarchist, and Radical Democratic Perspectives

Book Overview

Utopia has long been banished from political theory, framed as an impossible--and possibly dangerous--political ideal, a flawed social blueprint, or a thought experiment without any practical import. Even the "realistic utopias" of liberal theory strike many as wishful thinking. Can politics think utopia otherwise? Can utopian thinking contribute to the renewal of politics?

In Political Uses of Utopia, an international cast of leading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231179596
• ISBN13: 9780231179591
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher