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Utopia as methodthe imaginary reconstruction of society /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Utopia as methodRuth Levitas, University of Bristol, UK.
Reminder of title:	the imaginary reconstruction of society /
Author:	Levitas, Ruth,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Social sciencesPhilosophy.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137314253
ISBN:	9781137314253 (electronic bk.)

Utopia as methodthe imaginary reconstruction of society /
Levitas, Ruth,1949-

Utopia as methodthe imaginary reconstruction of society /[electronic resource] :Ruth Levitas, University of Bristol, UK. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references.

From terror to grace -- Riff on blue -- Echoes of elsewhere -- Between sociology and utopia -- Utopia denied -- Utopia revised -- The return of the repressed -- Utopia as archaeology -- Utopia as ontology -- Utopia as architecture.

In this major new work by one of the leading writers on Utopian Studies, Ruth Levitas argues that a prospective future of ecological and economic crises poses a challenge to the utopian imaginary, to conceive a better world and alternative future. "Utopia as Method" does not construe utopia as goal or blueprint, but as a holistic, reflexive method for developing what those possible futures might be. It begins by treating utopia as the quest for grace, through a hermeneutics that recovers the utopian meaning in our culture, explored through colour and music. Moving from the existential to the social, it draws on H. G. Wells's claim that the creation of utopias is the distinctive and proper method of sociology, and on the tentative reappearance of utopia in contemporary social theory. It proposes a constructive method, the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society. This fusion of explicitly normative social theory and analytic critique rehabilitates utopia as an integral part of sociology, and offers a means of collective engagement in shaping a better tomorrow.

ISBN: 9781137314253 (electronic bk.)

Source: 356269Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

177717
Social sciences
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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: H61 / .L4768 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 335/.02

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