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Title: An American Utopia
Condition: New
Subtitle: Dual Power and the Universal Army
Author: Fredric Jameson
Contributor: Saroj Giri (Contributions by), Kojin Karatani (Contributions by), Kathi Weeks (Contributions by), Frank Ruda (Contributions by), Agon Hamza (Contributions by), Kim Stanley Robinson (Contributions by), Jodi Dean (Contributions by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1784784532
EAN: 9781784784539
ISBN: 9781784784539
Publisher: Verso Books
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics
Release Date: 12/07/2016
Description: Fredric Jameson's pathbreaking essay "An American Utopia" radically questions standard leftist notions of what constitutes an emancipated society. Advocated here are-among other things-universal conscription, the full acknowledgment of envy and resentment as a fundamental challenge to any communist society, and the acceptance that the division between work and leisure cannot be overcome. To create a new world, we must first change the way we envision the world. Jameson's text is ideally placed to trigger a debate on the alternatives to global capitalism. In addition to Jameson's essay, the volume includes responses from philosophers and political and cultural analysts, as well as an epilogue from Jameson himself.

Many will be appalled at what they will encounter in these pages-there will be blood! But perhaps one has to spill such (ideological) blood to give the Left a chance.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Width: 24mm
Item Weight: 534g
Release Year: 2016

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