| The Epistemology of Utopia: Rhetoric, Theory and Imagination Contributor(s): Bastos Da Silva, Jorge (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1443846252 ISBN-13: 9781443846257 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $75.23 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 121 |
| LCCN: 2014431292 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (1.05 lbs) 235 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The emergence of Utopian Studies as a dynamic field of inquiry situated at the crossroads of several disciplines is a striking development of the past few decades. It is symptomatic of a general trend towards the overcoming of epistemological and institutional boundaries, and has borne fruit in a number of ways. The traditions of utopianism have come to be valued as an important nurturing of possibilities, devoted to the critique and the transformation of the world. By undertaking the critical interrogation of the given, utopia is a figure not only of inversion, but of transcendence and fulfilment. The present volume takes into account the international development of Utopian Studies in recent decades. Its aim is to provide critical revisions (revisitings) of the assumptions and methods of the discipline through a set of theoretically-informed essays that focus on a number of different manifestations of utopianism. The topics covered range from Plato's Republic and More's Utopia to modern-day cosmopolitics, glocalization, and the intersections of fiction with esotericism and science. |