The new utopian politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's : the dispossessed / / edited by Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Oxford, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2005; ©2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.54
• Soggetto topico: Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century; Political fiction, American - History and criticism; Utopias in literature
• Persona (resp. second.): DavisLaurence; StillmanPeter
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title 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 ; 5 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 ; 11 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 ; 16 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The new utopian politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's
• ISBN: 0-7391-0862-X; 0-7391-5820-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826229903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II