An American Utopia
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An American Utopia by Fredric Jameson
Controversial manifesto by acclaimed cultural theorist debated by leading writers
In An American Utopia, Jameson affirms the critical function of utopian thinking and the efficacies of the form itselfHe insists that the fundamental function of utopias is to revive a sense of the future, which requires taking aim at the forces that prevent us from venturing out from the comfortingly familiar confines of the present. -- Kathi Weeks
Jameson...gives us good reasons to call back utopia from obscurity. * Rain Taxi *
Jameson...gives us good reasons to call back utopia from obscurity. * Rain Taxi *
Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include Living in the End Times, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce, In Defense of Lost Causes, four volumes of the Essential Zizek, and many more.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784784539 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784784532 |
| Title | An American Utopia |
| Author | Fredric Jameson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2016-07-12 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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