
The Concept of Utopia
Student edition
Ruth Levitas(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-1-906165-33-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this highly influential book, Ruth Levitas provides an excellent introduction to the meaning and importance of the concept of utopia, and explores a wealth of material drawn from literature and social theory to illustrate its rich history and analytical versatility. Situating utopia within the dynamics of the modern imagination, she examines the ways in which it has been used by some of the leading thinkers of modernity: Marx, Engels, Karl Mannheim, Robert Owen, Georges Sorel, Ernst Bloch, William Morris, and Herbert Marcuse. Utopia remains the most potent secular concept for imagining and producing a 'better world', and this classic text will be invaluable to students across a wide range of disciplines.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906165-33-8 (9781906165338)
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Ruth Levitas is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol. Her books include The Ideology of the New Right, The Interpretation of Official Statistics (co-edited with Will Guy), The Inclusive Society? Social Exclusion and New Labour, and Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain (co-edited with Christina Pantazis and David Gordon). Utopia as Method: The Imaginary Reconstitution of Society, the sequel to this book, is forthcoming.
Content
Contents: Ideal Commonwealths: The Emerging Tradition ¿ Castles in the Air: Marx, Engels and Utopian Socialism ¿ Mobilising Myths: Utopia and Social Change in Georges Sorel and Karl Mannheim ¿ Utopian Hope: Ernst Bloch and Reclaiming the Future ¿ The Education of Desire: The Rediscovery of William Morris ¿ An American Dream: Herbert Marcuse and the Transformation of the Psyche ¿ A Hundred Flowers: Contemporary Utopian Studies ¿ Future Perfect: Retheorising Utopia.