This volume is an experiment: an enquiry into the possibilities and potentialities of a prospective anthropology of utopia. With different ethnographic contributions studying &«empirical utopias» across the world (from ecotopias to religious havens, transnational policies, retirement homes and community agriculture), it looks beyond the commonsense understanding of utopia as a desire, an expectation, a form of imagination stemming from Western political thought. In the process, the volume explores the dynamic dialectic between human imagination and concrete action.
| ISBN: | 9781787072473 |
| Publication date: | 22nd October 2018 |
| Author: | Maïté Maskens, Ruy Llera Blanes |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Ralahine Utopian Studies |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Social theory Political science and theory |
This volume is an experiment: an enquiry into the possibilities and potentialities of a prospective anthropology of utopia. With different ethnographic contributions studying &«empirical utopias» across the world (from ecotopias to religious havens, transnational policies, retirement homes and community agriculture), it looks beyond the commonsense understanding of utopia as a desire, an expectation, a form of imagination stemming from Western political thought.
Utopian Encounters features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Social theory, Political science and theory
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Utopian Encounters was written by Maïté Maskens, Ruy Llera Blanes and published by Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Utopian Encounters has 248 pages
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