The Concept of Utopia

Student edition

von Ruth Levitas

268 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this highly influential book, Ruth Levitas provides an excellent introduction to the meaning and importance of the concept of utopia, and explores a wealth of material drawn from literature and social theory to illustrate its rich history and analytical versatility. Situating utopia within the dynamics of the modern imagination, she examines the ways in which it has been used by some of the leading thinkers of modernity: Marx, Engels, Karl Mannheim, Robert Owen, Georges Sorel, Ernst Bloch, William Morris, and Herbert Marcuse. Utopia remains the most potent secular concept for imagining and producing a ‘better world’, and this classic text will be invaluable to students across a wide range of disciplines.

• Reihe: Peter Lang Ltd.
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Soziologie Sozialtheorie
• ISBN: 9781906165338
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2010
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers