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Analysing Contemporary Society through Lived Utopia

Prefiguration and Change
Brief Description
What if utopia wasn't a distant dream, but already unfolding around us? Focusing on South Africa, this compelling book rethinks utopia not as a fictional un-reachable future, but as a lived practice-emerging in social movements and intentional communities. Rejecting capitalism, it explores how people create alternative... Read More
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What if utopia is already here? This book explores how lived utopias emerge in South Africa's social movements and communities.

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What if utopia wasn't a distant dream, but already unfolding around us?

Focusing on South Africa, this compelling book rethinks utopia not as a fictional un-reachable future, but as a lived practice-emerging in social movements and intentional communities.

Rejecting capitalism, it explores how people create alternative ways of living social orders or economies, imagining and organising the world. Blending decolonial sociology, political sociology, utopian studies and real-world experiences, the book offers a fresh and original approach to understanding social transformation in times of crisis.

A powerful read for scholars, students and activists interested in resistance and hope for alternative futures.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529252316

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bristol University Press

Illustration: 14 Tables, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 268

About the Author

Antje Daniel is Senior Researcher at the Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna and Associate Researcher at the Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg.

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