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Utopia from Thomas More to Walter Benjamin
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An insightful philosophical investigation and reading of the concept of utopia
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Utopia from Thomas More to Walter Benjamin poses a question. Not simply in the sense of a problem to be resolved and at the same time eliminated, but in the sense that, within the economy of the human condition, utopia, the aim of social alterity of all social otherness, is ceaselessly being reborn. It comes back to life despite all the blows rained down upon it, as if human resistance had taken up residence within it.
For the French philosopher Miguel Abensour, the fictional genre of utopia has provided thinkers and artists a fertile ground to explore for the past 500 years. It serves both as a way to imagine new emancipatory practices of shared existence and as a tyrannical imposition of power. Abensour's project examines the idea of utopia in two different but powerful moments in its trajectory: first, utopia's beginning, when Thomas More sought a path for justice through a world in transformation, and second, when utopia faced its greatest danger, the moment that Walter Benjamin called catastrophe.
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Utopia from Thomas More to Walter Benjamin by Miguel Abensour is appreciated for its intriguing and eclectic exploration of political theory and cultural studies, making it a captivating read for scholars in these fields.
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ISBN: 9781945414008
Publisher: Univocal Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 January 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: Univocal Publishing LLC
Audience: Tertiary education
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Width: 127.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 114
About the Author
Miguel Abensour is a French philosopher best known for his influence in shepherding the reception of the Frankfurt School in France. He has written several works on utopia, including L'homme est un animal utopique and most recently L'histoire de l'utopie et le destin de sa critique.Raymond N. MacKenzie is professor of English at the University of St. Thomas.
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