Books > Social sciences > Politics & government
|
Buy Now
Utopia - The Potential and Prospect of the Human Condition (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R4,135
Discovery Miles 41 350
|
|
Utopia - The Potential and Prospect of the Human Condition (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Amid the twentieth century's seemingly overwhelming problems, some
thinkers dared to envisage a world order governed by utopian
proposals that would eliminate--or at least alleviate--the evils of
society and secure positive advantages for all human beings. Others
found this utopian optimism a hopeless fantasy and predicted a
utopian order only repressiveness, boredom, and the impoverishment
of human experience. The unique gathering of articles in Utopia
vividly demonstrates the tension existing between utopian ideas and
their proponents and the severe criticism of their adversaries.
Among utopia's enthusiastic supporters, B. F. Skinner outlines the
educational practices needed to sustain his concept of utopia,
while Margaret Mead sets forth a bold defense of utopian vision in
her article "Towards More Vivid Utopias." In active opposition to
modern utopian idealism, Ralf Dahrendorf, the prominent German
sociologist and politician, compares utopia with a cemetery and
criticizes its fixed and uneventful life, and J. L. Talmon predicts
that, since utopianism postulates absolute social cohesion, there
is no escape from dictatorship in the utopian design. Still another
alternative is offered by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who bases his
futurist ideology on the trends of technology in the advanced
countries of the world, especially the United States. He sees in
the conscious application of technical-scientific rationality by an
intellectual elite the method by which the promises of modern
knowledge can be made good. Underscoring the fact that the utopian
tradition can make us look at the real world with new eyes, George
Kateb, the editor of Utopia, clarifies the terms of this
long-standing debate and offers a thorough analysis of the "strong
utopian impetus to save the world from as much of its confusion and
disorder as possible." The work is an argument neither for utopian
or anti-utopian visions. Rather it shows the possibilities of
political norms in advancing the human condition in open societies.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2017 |
First published: |
1971 |
Authors: |
George Kateb
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-54017-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
1-138-54017-X |
Barcode: |
9781138540170 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.