Trans/Forming Utopia: The 'small thin story'Is the utopian project dead? Is it possible to imagine a utopian society or a utopian world in the aftermath of the collapse of ideologies? This book contains eighteen essays which are the result of the 7th International Conference of Utopian Studies held in Spain in 2006, either debating the subject, or suggesting alternative readings to some of the theoretical ideas raised within utopian studies. This volume focuses on the importance of narratives in utopian literature. They define the world we live in and the world we wish to live in. Through narratives of confession, and indeed through silence itself, the unconscious emerges and desire is articulated. The articles in this volume question and challenge the power of the word, the stability of meaning, and the relationship between thought and action in the construction of utopia and dystopia. They also point to the various literary frameworks of utopian and dystopian narratives, thus connecting stories from the past, present and future of both real and imaginary and communities. |
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| Title | Trans/Forming Utopia: The 'small thin story' Volume 2 of Trans/Forming Utopia, Elizabeth Russell Volume 2 of Trans/forming Utopia: Looking Forward to the End, Society for Utopian Studies |
| Editor | Elizabeth Russell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Peter Lang, 2008 |
| ISBN | 3039113488, 9783039113484 |
| Length | 235 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Future Studies |
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