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The Ends of Utopian Thinking in Critical Theory
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English
Published/Copyright:
2023
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The book offers a critical account of how utopian thinking became defeated as a tool of philosophy whose explicit objective has been to not only analyse but emancipate the world. While such philosophy was originally inseparable from ideas of a radically better society it aimed to realise, many of its most influential practitioners today object to the use of utopian ideas. Countering this scepticism, the book argues in favour of utopian thinking. By elucidating a concept of utopia freed of its alleged pitfalls, the book contends that utopian thinking indeed presents an important resource for achieving emancipatory social goals.
Author / Editor information
Nina Rismal is a researcher, organiser and founder interested in social transformation and future thinking. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge and worked for mission-driven research institutes in the US and Germany. In 2022 she co-founded Possible Worlds, a startup that integrates interdisciplinary insights into the development of AI.
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eBook published on:
July 31, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9789004678453
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Main content:
178
eBook ISBN:
9789004678453
Keywords for this book
Theodor Adorno; Ernst Bloch; Karl Marx; Karl Popper; Ruth Levitas; Frankfurt School; Social change; Future thinking; Role; Dystopia; Prefiguration; Concrete utopia; Utopian socialism; Bilderverbot; Negative dialectics; negative utopia; positive utopia; affirmative utopia; concrete utopian thinking; prefigurative politics; function of utopian thinking; visions of the future; social transformation; Continental Philosophy; Marxism; Bloch; Marx; Popper; Adorno
Audience(s) for this book
The book is of interest to critical theorists, social philosophers; German Studies scholars concerned with Marx, Adorno or Bloch; and those working in the fields of utopian and future studies.
