Trans/Forming Utopia - Volume I

Elizabeth Russell

ISBN 10: 303911347X / ISBN 13: 9783039113477

Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2008, 2008

Beschreibung

Neuware -Is the utopian project dead Is it possible to imagine a utopian society or a utopian world in the aftermath of the collapse of ideologies This book contains fifteen essays which are the result of the 7th International Conference of Utopian Studies held in Spain in 2006, either debating the subject, or suggesting alternative readings to some of the theoretical ideas raised within utopian studies.The title of the volume suggests that the idea or dream of utopia is indeed very important, but that the framework and boundaries of the concept are fast changing. The contributors to this first volume of essays write from different countries and represent different standpoints. Their discussions focus on the analysis of films, political theories, utopian projects of the past and present, and an insight into the dialectics of global movements. 236 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783039113477

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Trans/Forming Utopia - Volume I
• Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Dez 2008
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 303911347X
• ISBN-13: 9783039113477
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 220B x 150 H x 13 T Millimeter Breite: 220 mm, Höhe: 150 mm, Tiefe: 13 mm
• Gewicht: 330 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Is the utopian project dead? Is it possible to imagine a utopian society or a utopian world in the aftermath of the collapse of ideologies? This book contains fifteen essays which are the result of the 7th International Conference of Utopian Studies held in Spain in 2006, either debating the subject, or suggesting alternative readings to some of the theoretical ideas raised within utopian studies.
The title of the volume suggests that the idea or dream of utopia is indeed very important, but that the framework and boundaries of the concept are fast changing. The contributors to this first volume of essays write from different countries and represent different standpoints. Their discussions focus on the analysis of films, political theories, utopian projects of the past and present, and an insight into the dialectics of global movements.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The Editor: Elizabeth Russell is a senior lecturer in British literatures and critical theory in the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain. She has published articles in the area of utopian studies, feminisms and multiculturalisms. Recent publications include Somnis d’Utopies published in Catalan (2007) and two edited volumes of essays: Caught Between Cultures: Women, Writing & Subjectivities (2002) and Loving Against the Odds: Women’s Writing in English in a European Context (Peter Lang, 2006). She is also a member of two research groups: GRÈC (Gènere, raça, ètnia i classe) and T-CLAA (Transformacions Culturals i Literàries en angles i alemany).