
Utopia in the Age of Globalization
Space, Representation, and the World-System
Robert T. Tally(Author)
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
Published on 26. February 2013
Book
Hardback
XVI, 111 pages
978-0-230-39189-5 (ISBN)
Description
The idea of "Utopia" has made a comeback in the age of globalization, and the bewildering technological shifts and economic uncertainties of the present era call for novel forms of utopia. Tally argues that a new form of utopian discourse is needed for understanding, and moving beyond, the current world system.
Reviews / Votes
"A timely and significant intervention in contemporary discussions of globalization and utopia. The scope of the book is wide-ranging and ambitious, touching on a richly diverse set of topics, including contemporary critical theory, the figure of the world market, financial derivatives, the spaces of the global city, and narrative." - Phillip E. Wegner, Marston-Milbauer Eminent Scholar, University of Florida, USA and author of Imaginary Communities: Utopia, the Nation, and the Spatial Histories of Modernity, Life Between Two Deaths, 1989 2001: U.S. Culture in the Long Nineties, and Periodizing Jameson; or, The Adventures of Theory in Post-Contemporary Times.
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Edition
2013 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XVI, 111 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
313 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-39189-5 (9780230391895)
DOI
10.1057/9780230391901
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Person
Robert T. Tally Jr. is Associate Professor of English at Texas State University, USA. He is the translator of Bertrand Westphal s Geocriticism: Real and Fictional Spaces.
Content
Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: 'A map of the world which does not contain Utopia' 1. The End of Utopia at the Present Time 2. A Meditation on the Impossible 3. Power to the Imagination 4. Mapping the Postnational World System Conclusion: Hic Sunt Dracones Bibliography Index