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Utopia and consciousness / William S. Haney.
Van Pelt Library PS648.U85 H36 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haney, William S.
- Series:
- Consciousness, literature & the arts ; 29.
- Consciousness, literature & the arts ; 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Utopias in literature--History and criticism.
- Utopias in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 155 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.
- Summary:
- "In his book Archaeologies of the future: the desire called utopia and other science fictions (2007), Fredric Jameson analyzes the multiple components of utopia and the possibility of achieving utopia in the near future. As this book argues, however, human civilization will never achieve utopia unless humans reach a state of pure consciousness in which they will use their full mental potential and avoid making blunders in life that would undermine the possibility of a utopia. This book develops a non-teleological, comparative poetics between Western and Sanskrit literary traditions by analyzing their opposing theories of language, consciousness and meaning..."--P. [4] of cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-151) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789042033054
- 9042033053
- 9789042033061
- 9042033061
- OCLC:
- 714734822
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