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UNINA9910824256303321 |
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Titolo |
The epistemology of utopia : rhetoric, theory and imagination / / edited by Jorge Bastos da Silva |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Utopias in literature |
Science fiction - History and criticism |
Dystopias in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Beginnings and ends -- pt. 2. Some places and idioms of utopia. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The emergence of Utopian Studies as a dynamic field of inquiry situated at the crossroads of several disciplines is a striking development of the past few decades. It is symptomatic of a general trend towards the overcoming of epistemological and institutional boundaries, and has borne fruit in a number of ways. The traditions of utopianism have come to be valued as an important nurturing of possibilities, devoted to the critique and the transformation of the world. By undertaking the critica... |
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