Artistic Utopias of Revolt - Claremont Road, Reclaim the Streets, and the City of Sol (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book analyses the aesthetic and utopian dimensions of various activist social movements in Western Europe since 1989. Through a series of case studies, it demonstrates how dreams of a better society have manifested themselves in contexts of political confrontation, and how artistic forms have provided a language to express the collective desire for social change. The study begins with the 1993 occupation of Claremont Road in east London, an attempt to prevent the demolition of homes to make room for a new motorway. In a squatted row of houses, all available space was transformed and filled with elements that were both aesthetic and defensive - so when the authorities arrived to evict the protestors, sculptures were turned into barricades. At the end of the decade, this kind of performative celebration merged with the practices of the antiglobalisation movement, where activists staged spectacular parallel events alongside the global elite's international meetings. As this book shows, social movements try to erase the distance that separates reality and political desire, turning ordinary people into creators of utopias. Squatted houses, carnivalesque street parties, counter-summits, and camps in central squares, all create a physical place of these utopian visions

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Utopianism
Release date:	March 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Julia Ramirez Blanco
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	187
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-71421-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Public opinion & polls Promotions
LSN:	3-319-71421-X
Barcode:	9783319714219

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