Beschreibung:
«These influential essays by one of the world's leading experts in the field revisit the central methodological debates in Utopian Studies over the past half century. They include recent commentary on the development of key disagreements respecting the concepts of utopia, eutopia and dystopia, as well as the relations between the three 'faces' of the subject, literature, ideas or theory, and intentional communities. Sargent's encyclopaedic knowledge of utopianism is deployed throughout to illuminate many areas of concern. This collection provides an essential starting-point for any student of this vibrant, controversial, increasingly popular, and ever-mutating subject.»
Contents: The Three Faces - Utopian Literature - Utopian Literature - Intentional Communities/ Utopian Practice - Intentional Communities/ Utopian Practice - Utopian Social Theory - Utopian Traditions - The Importance of Utopianism - Utopianism and National and Personal Identities - Global Utopianisms - Utopia and Ideology - Utopia and Ideology - Conclusion.