Wind and whirlwind : : utopian and dystopian themes in literature and philosophy /

Wind and whirlwind : : utopian and dystopian themes in literature and philosophy / / by Ágnes Heller, Riccardo Mazzeo.

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In Wind and Whirlwind the great philosopher Ágnes Heller and social scientist Riccardo Mazzeo explain the pros and cons of utopias and dystopias as they are described in literary works and their relevance to understand the world we live in and the hidden consequences of apparently appealing life tra...

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Superior document:Value inquiry book series ; Volume 339
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Heller, Agnes,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden Boston : : Brill | Rodopi,, 2019.
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Italian
Series:Value inquiry book series ; Volume 339.
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy, literature, and politics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (127 pages).
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • From Utopia to Dystopia: Dreams and Projects of Historical Imagination
  • On the Historicity of Imagination
  • The Golden Age, the Philosophical Constructions of “the Just State”
  • Reflections on the Utopian Moment and the New RepublicanismAre All Revolutions Betrayed? On “Socialist” Utopias. The Dream of the “Anthropological Turn”
  • The Dystopian Moment and the Last Utopias
  • Dystopias of the Twenty-First Century: the Bank of Critical Thinking
  • The Circle
  • The Possibility of an Island
  • 2084: the End of the World
  • The Beacon of Psychoanalysis on the Billowing Ocean of Utopia
  • Some Reservations on Utopia
  • Back Matter
  • Index.

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