Fool's Gold?: Utopianism in the Twenty-First Century - Hardcover

Sargisson, L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403992428 ISBN 13: 9781403992420

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Synopsis

What's wrong with the world today and how might it become better (or worse)? These are the questions pursued in this book, which explores the hopes and fears, dreams and nightmares of the 21st century. Through architecture, fiction, theory, film and experiments with everyday life, Sargisson explores contemporary hopes and fears about the future.

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About the Author

LUCY SARGISSON is Associate Professor in Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK. This is her fourth book; she is also the author of Contemporary Feminist Utopianism (1996), Utopian Bodies and the Politics of Transgression (2000) and Living in Utopia: New Zealand's Intentional Communities (with Sargent, 2004).

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1403992428
• ISBN 13: 9781403992420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 323