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Radical Utopianism and Cultural Studies - On Refusing to be Realistic (Paperback)
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In Radical Utopianism and Cultural Studies, John Storey looks at
the concept of utopianism from a cultural studies perspective and
argues that radical utopianism can awaken the political promise of
cultural studies. Between the Preface and the Postscript, there are
seven chapters that explore different aspects of radical
utopianism. The book begins with a definition of what radical
utopianism means, with its productive combination of
defamiliarization and desire. From there, it considers Thomas
More's invention of the concept of utopia with its double
articulation of what is and what could be, Herbert Marcuse's
utopian rereading of Sigmund Freud's concept of repression, Gerrard
Winstanley and the Diggers, the Paris Commune, and the
Haight-Ashbury counterculture. In the final chapter, Storey
examines two versions of utopian capitalism: retro and post.
Although the main focus here is on Donald Trump's presidential
election campaign and Paul Mason's recent bestseller
Postcapitalism, the chaper begins with a brief discussion of Karl
Marx on capitalism. Each chapter, in a different way, argues that
radical utopianism defamiliarizes the manufactured naturalness of
the here and now, making it conceivable to believe that another
world is possible. This book provides an ideal introduction to
utopianism for students of cultural studies as well as students
within a number of related disciplines such as sociology,
literature, history, politics, and media studies.
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