The Ends of Utopian Thinking in Critical Theory offers a critical account of how utopian thinking became defeated as a tool of philosophy whose explicit objective has been to not only analyse but emancipate the world. While such philosophy was originally inseparable from ideas of a radically better society it aimed to realise, many of its most influential practitioners today object to the use of utopian ideas. Countering this scepticism, Nina Rismal offers a moving defense of utopian thinking. By elucidating a concept of utopia freed of its alleged pitfalls, The End of Utopian Thinking in Critical Theory contends that utopian thinking indeed presents an important resource for achieving emancipatory social goals.
ISBN: | 9798888902196 |
Publication date: | 6th August 2024 |
Author: | Nina Rismal |
Publisher: | Haymarket Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 180 pages |
Series: | Historical Materialism |
Genres: |
Political science and theory Western philosophy from c 1800 Political ideologies and movements |