The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization'There is no alternative to free market liberalism and managerialism', is the orthodoxy of the twenty-first century. All too often, ordinary people across the world are being told that the problem of organization is already solved, or that it is being solved somewhere else, or that it need not concern them because they have no choices. This dictionary provides those who disagree with the evidence. Using hundreds of entries and cross-references, it proves that there are many alternatives to the way that we currently organize ourselves. These alternatives could be expressed as fictional utopias, they could be excavated from the past, or they could be described in terms of the contemporary politics of anti-corporate protest, environmentalism, feminism and localism. Part reference work, part source book, and part polemic, this dictionary provides a rich understanding of the ways in which fiction, history and today's politics provide different ways of thinking about how we can and should organize for the coming century. |
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Contents
ABBEY OF THELEME | 1 |
AMISH | 7 |
ANTICAPITALISM | 13 |
CONTENTS | 14 |
AUROVILLE | 19 |
BAKUNIN MIKHAIL 23 | 69 |
CAPTAIN SWING 38 | 83 |
GANDHI | 110 |
PIRATE UTOPIA | 212 |
PORT SUNLIGHT | 218 |
QUAKERS | 224 |
REPUBLIC THE | 230 |
ROBINSON CRUSOE | 236 |
UTOPIA 296 | 243 |
SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH | 249 |
SLOW FOOD | 255 |
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The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization Martin Parker,Valerie Fournier,Patrick Reedy No preview available - 2007 |
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achieved action activities alternative ANARCHISM anarchist argued association attempt authority BANK became become believed called capitalism central century citizens collective communist concerned continued cooperative countries created critical cultural democracy democratic described direct early economic environmental equality established example existing experiments forms freedom GARDEN global groups housing human ideas important individual industrial influence inspired institutions interests International involved Italy labour land later liberal living Marx Marxism means meeting movement MUTUAL nature needs organization original participation particular Party political possible practice principles problems production protest PROUDHON QUAKERS radical response result revolutionary rule seen share social socialist society Soviet suggests sustainable term trade tradition unions usually utopia various whilst women workers
References to this book
Die Sozialen Bewegungen in Deutschland seit 1945: Ein Handbuch Roland Roth,Dieter Rucht Limited preview - 2008 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization |
| Authors | Martin Parker, Valerie Fournier, Patrick Reedy |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Zed Books, 2007 |
| ISBN | 184277333X, 9781842773338 |
| Length | 338 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Political Economy Political Science / Political Ideologies / General Political Science / Reference |
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