Trans/Forming Utopia - Volume II - The ‘Small Thin Story’ (Paperback, New edition)

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 eighteen 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. This volume focuses on the importance of narratives in utopian literature. They define the world we live in and the world we wish to live in. Through narratives of confession, and indeed through silence itself, the unconscious emerges and desire is articulated. The articles in this volume question and challenge the power of the word, the stability of meaning, and the relationship between thought and action in the construction of utopia and dystopia. They also point to the various literary frameworks of utopian and dystopian narratives, thus connecting stories from the past, present and future of both real and imaginary and communities.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	2009
Editors:	Elizabeth Russell
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	236
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911348-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	3-03-911348-8
Barcode:	9783039113484

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