LEADER 04342nam 2200649 450 001 9910826229903321 005 20230207232014.0 010 $a0-7391-0862-X 010 $a0-7391-5820-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000001111036 035 $a(EBL)1351155 035 $a(OCoLC)856869538 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000983476 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12488586 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000983476 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11010920 035 $a(PQKB)10844113 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1351155 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1351155 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10924053 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL510928 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001111036 100 $a20140912h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe new utopian politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's $ethe dispossessed /$fedited by Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman 210 1$aLanham, Maryland ;$aOxford, England :$cLexington Books,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-1086-1 311 $a1-299-79677-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editorial Note; Introduction Laurence Davis; Part I. Open-Ended Utopian Politics; 1 The Dynamic and Revolutionary Utopia of Ursula K. Le Guin Laurence Davis; 2 Worlds Apart: Ursula K. Le Guin and the Possibility of Method Simon Stow; Part II. Post-Consumerist Politics; 3 The Dispossessed as Ecological Political Theory Peter G. Stillman; 4 Ursula K. Le Guin, Herbert Marcuse, and the Fate of Utopia in the Postmodern Andrew Reynolds 327 $a5 The Alien Comes Home: Getting Past the Twin Planets of Possession and Austerity in Le Guin's The Dispossessed Douglas SpencerPart III. Anarchist Politics; 6 Individual and Community in Le Guin's The Dispossessed Dan Sabia; 7 The Need for Walls: Privacy, Community, and Freedom in The Dispossessed Mark Tunick; 8 Breaching Invisible Walls: Individual Anarchy inThe Dispossessed Winter Elliott; Part IV. Temporal Politics; 9 Time and the Measure of the Political Animal Ellen M Rigsby; 10 Fulfillment as a Function of Time, or the Ambiguous Process of Utopia Jennifer Rodgers 327 $a11 Science and Politics in The Dispossessed: Le Guin and the ""Science Wars"" Tony BurnsPart V. Revolutionary Politics; 12 The Gap in the Wall: Partnership, Physics, and Politics in The Dispossessed Everett L. Hamner; 13 From Ambiguity to Self-Reflexivity: Revolutionizing Fantasy Space Bulent Somay; 14 Future Conditional or Future Perfect? The Dispossessed and Permanent Revolution Chris Ferns; Part VI. Open-Ended Utopian Politics; 15 Ambiguous Choices: Skepticism as a Grounding for Utopia Claire P Curtis 327 $a16 Empty Hands: Communication, Pluralism, and Community in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed Avery PlawA Response, by Ansible, from Tau Ceti Ursula K. Le Guin; Further Reading; Index; About the Contributors 330 $aThe Dispossessed has been described by political thinker Andre Gorz as 'The most striking description I know of the seductions-and snares-of self-managed communist or, in other words, anarchist society.' To date, however, the radical social, cultural, and political ramifications of Le Guin's multiple award-winning novel remain woefully under explored. Editors Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman right this state of affairs in the first ever collection of original essays devoted to Le Guin's novel. Among the topics covered in this wide-ranging, international and interdisciplinary collection are th 606 $aPolitics and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aUtopias in literature 615 0$aPolitics and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aUtopias in literature. 676 $a813/.54 702 $aDavis$b Laurence 702 $aStillman$b Peter 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826229903321 996 $aThe new utopian politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's$94123170 997 $aUNINA