The philosophy of utopia / / editor, Barbara Goodwin

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 335/.02
• Soggetto topico: Utopias
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GoodwinBarbara
• Note generali: This group of studies first appeared in a special issue on 'The philosophy of utopia' of Critical review of international social and political philosophy 3/2&3 (summer/autumn 2000)--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE PHILOSOPHY OF UTOPIA; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 'Nothing is, but what is not': Utopias as Practical Political Philosophy; For Utopia: The (Limits of the) Utopian Function in Late Capitalist Society; The Eternal Present of Utopianism; Isaiah Berlin, William Morris, and the Politics of Utopia; Utopianism and National Identity; The Romanian Utopia: The Role of the Intelligentsia in the Communist Implementation of a New Human Paradigm; The Treatment of the 'Woman Question' in Radical Utopian Political Thought; Green Utopias of Self and Other ; The Illusion of Permanence: Work Motivation and Membership Turnover at Twin Oaks CommunityScientific Utopianism in Francis Bacon and H.G. Wells: From Salomon's House to The Open Conspiracy; Biotechnology and Utopia; Religious Narrative, Post-Secularism and Utopia; The Law-Based Utopia; Abstracts; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection addresses the important function of utopianism in social and political philosophy and includes debate on what its future role will be in a period dominated by dystopian nightmare scenarios.
• Titolo autorizzato: The philosophy of utopia
• ISBN: 0-203-04556-4; 1-283-88499-2; 1-136-33756-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452521503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II