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OverviewProviding a comprehensive overview of American thought in the period following World War II, after which the US became a global military and economic leader, this book explores the origins of American utopianism and provides a trenchant critique from the point of view of those left out of the hegemonic ideal. Centring the voices of those oppressed by or omitted from the consumerist American Dream, this book celebrates alternative ways of thinking about how to create a better world through daily practices of generosity, justice, and care. The chapters collected here emphasize utopianism as a practice of social transformation, not as a literary genre depicting a putatively perfect society, and urgently make the case for why we need utopian thought today. With chapters on climate change, economic justice, technology, and more, alongside chapters exploring utopian traditions outside Western frameworks, this book opens a new discussion in utopian thought and theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sherryl Vint (University of California, Riverside)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009180054ISBN 10: 1009180053 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 16 May 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available, will be POD This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSherryl Vint is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, and of English, at the University of California, Riverside. She is a recipient of the Science Fiction Research Association's Lifetime Achievement and Innovative Research awards. She has published widely on speculative fiction and culture, including most recently Biopolitical Futures in Twenty-First-Century Speculative Fiction (2021). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |