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The epistemology of utopia : rhetoric, theory and imagination / edited by Jorge Bastos da Silva.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Utopias in literature.
- Science fiction--History and criticism.
- Science fiction.
- Dystopias in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 critica...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Beginnings and ends
- pt. 2. Some places and idioms of utopia.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-4890-5
- OCLC:
- 854973884
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