Utopia as Method - The Imaginary Reconstitution of Society (Hardcover)

A prospective future of ecological and economic crises poses a challenge to the utopian imaginary, to conceive a better world, and alternative future. Utopia as Method does not construe utopia as a goal or blueprint, but as a holistic, reflexive method for developing what those possible futures might be. It begins by treating utopia as the quest for grace, through a hermeneutics that recovers the utopian meaning in our culture, explored through colour and music. Moving from the existential to the social, it draws on H. G. Wells's claim that the creation of utopias is the distinctive and proper method of sociology, and on the tentative reappearance of utopia in contemporary social theory. It proposes a constructive method, the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society. This fusion of explicitly normative social theory and analytic critique rehabilitates utopia as an integral part of sociology, and offers a means of collective engagement in shaping a better tomorrow.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	R. Levitas
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-23196-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > Social forecasting, futurology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General
LSN:	0-230-23196-9
Barcode:	9780230231962

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