9780230203594 - Globalization and Utopia: Critical Essays (5 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback in very tidy condition. No inscriptions. 275pp. Is it possible to create a different and better world? This innovative volume explores debates about the demise of utopia at the end of the twentieth century, and examines the potential renewal of political imagination and the utopian impulse today. The discussion is set in an enlarged and enriched frame that situates utopianism in relation to the complexities and challenges of globalization. Critically investigating many of the unacknowledged assumptions about the inevitability of our current social and political experiences, and this collection considers questions of hope and transformation associated with the utopian desire for social change. It explores the range of political responses that utopian actors have available in light of globalization - ranging from 'everyday life' to global politics, from anti-consumerism to cyber-utopianism. This book makes a timely contribution to considering the challenge of imagining a different and better way of living in a global age.

Zustand: New. Taking aim at the belief in utopia's demise, this collection of original essays offers a new look at the vibrant renewal of utopianism emerging in response to the challenges of globalization. It consider questions of hope and transformation associated with the utopian desire for social change. Editor(s): Hayden, Professor Patrick; El-Ojeili, Chamsy. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPF; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490. . 2009. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. ARSHIN ADIB-MOGHADDAM teaches comparative politics and international relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK JEFFREY C. ALEXANDER is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University, USA PETER B.