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Inventions of nemesis : utopia, indignation, and justice / Douglas Mao.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mao, Douglas, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Princeton scholarship online.
- Princeton scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Utopias.
- Utopias--Social aspects.
- Utopias--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Examining literary and philosophical writing about ideal societies from Greek antiquity to the present, 'Inventions of Nemesis' offers a striking new take on utopia's fundamental project.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Utopian Nemesis
- Savage Indignation
- Nemesis, Nomos, and Justice
- Invention and Counterindignation
- Human Destinies
- 2. Shaping Utopians
- Managerial and Transformative Utopias
- Transformation’s Apogee
- Authenticity contra Conditioning
- Recipients of Justice
- 3. Workers in Motion
- The Time and Place of the Worker
- Freedom through Administration
- Archipelagic Dreams
- A Global Nomos
- Coda
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9780691211640
- 0691211647
- OCLC:
- 1158507510
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