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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511380903321

Autore

Heller Agnes

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden Boston : , : Brill | Rodopi, , 2019

ISBN

90-04-41027-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 pages)

Collana

Value inquiry book series ; ; Volume 339

Value inquiry book series. Philosophy, literature, and politics

Disciplina

809.93372

Soggetti

Utopias - History

Dystopias - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 trajectories.