The philosophy of utopia / editor, Barbara Goodwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodwin, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, Or. : Frank Cass, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection addresses the important function of utopianism in social and political philosophy and includes debate on what its future role will be in a period dominated by dystopian nightmare scenarios.

Contents:

Cover; THE PHILOSOPHY OF UTOPIA; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 'Nothing is, but what is not': Utopias as Practical Political Philosophy; For Utopia: The (Limits of the) Utopian Function in Late Capitalist Society; The Eternal Present of Utopianism; Isaiah Berlin, William Morris, and the Politics of Utopia; Utopianism and National Identity; The Romanian Utopia: The Role of the Intelligentsia in the Communist Implementation of a New Human Paradigm; The Treatment of the 'Woman Question' in Radical Utopian Political Thought; Green Utopias of Self and Other

The Illusion of Permanence: Work Motivation and Membership Turnover at Twin Oaks CommunityScientific Utopianism in Francis Bacon and H.G. Wells: From Salomon's House to The Open Conspiracy; Biotechnology and Utopia; Religious Narrative, Post-Secularism and Utopia; The Law-Based Utopia; Abstracts; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

This group of studies first appeared in a special issue on 'The philosophy of utopia' of Critical review of international social and political philosophy 3/2&3 (summer/autumn 2000)--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-33763-6

0-203-04556-4

1-283-88499-2

1-136-33756-3

9780203045565

OCLC:

823389372