The Utopian Globalists
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The Utopian Globalists
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Author : Jonathan Harris
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-02-25
The Utopian Globalists written by Jonathan Harris and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-25 with Art categories.
THE UTOPIAN GLOBALISTS “Crossing continents, historical periods and cultural genres, Jonathan Harris skilfully traces the evolution of utopian ideals from early modernism to the spectacularised and biennialised (or banalised as some would say) contemporary art world of today.” Michael Asbury, University of the Arts, London The Utopian Globalists is the second in a trilogy of books by Jonathan Harris examining the contours, forces, materials and meanings of the global art world, along with its contexts of emergence since the early twentieth century. The first of the three studies, Globalization and Contemporary Art (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), anatomized the global art system through an extensive anthology of over 30 essays contextualized through multiple thematic introductions. The final book in the series, Contemporary Art in a Globalized World (forthcoming, Wiley-Blackwell), combines the historical and contemporary perspectives of the first and second books in an account focused on the ‘mediatizations’ shaping and representing contemporary art and its circuits of global production, dissemination and consumption. This innovative and revealing history examines artists whose work embodies notions of revolution and human social transformation. The clearly structured historical narrative takes the reader on a cultural odyssey that begins with Vladimir Tatlin’s constructivist model for a ‘Monument to the Third International’ (1919), a statement of utopian globalist intent, via Picasso’s 1940s commitment to Soviet communism and John and Yoko’s Montreal ‘Bedin’, to what the author calls the ‘late globalism’ of the Unilever Series at London’s Tate Modern. The book maps the ways artists and their work engaged with, and offered commentary on, modern spectacle in both capitalist and socialist modernism, throughout the eras of the Russian Revolution, the Cold War and the increasingly globalized world of the past 20 years. In doing so, Harris explores the idea that the utopian -globalist lineage in art remains torn between its yearning for freedom and a deepening identification with spectacle as a media commodity to be traded and consumed.
The Utopian Globalists
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Author : Jonathan P. Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-01-01
The Utopian Globalists written by Jonathan P. Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with ART categories.
"An innovative history and critical account mapping the ways artists and their works have engaged with, and offered commentary on, modern spectacle in both capitalist and socialist modernism over the past ninety years. Focuses on artists whose work expresses the concept of revolutionary social transformation Provides a strong historical narrative that adds structure and clarity Features a cogent and innovative critique of contemporary art and institutions Covers 100 years of art from Vladimir Tatlin's constructivist 'Monument to the Third International', to Picasso's late 1940s commitment to Communism, to the Unilever Series sponsored Large Artworks installed at London's Tate Modern since 2000. Includes the only substantial account in print of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 Montreal 'Bed-in' Offers an accessible description and interpretation of Debord's 'society of the spectacle' theory "--
Globalization And Utopia
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Author : P. Hayden
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-03-12
Globalization And Utopia written by P. Hayden and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-12 with Social Science categories.
Taking aim at the belief in utopia's demise, this collection of original essays offers a new look at the vibrant renewal of utopianism emerging in response to the challenges of globalization. It consider questions of hope and transformation associated with the utopian desire for social change.
Planet Utopia
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Author : Mark Featherstone
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-02-17
Planet Utopia written by Mark Featherstone and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-17 with Political Science categories.
The key figure of the capitalist utopia is the individual who is ultimately free. The capitalist’s ideal society is designed to protect this freedom. However, within Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation, Featherstone argues that capitalist utopian vision, which is most clearly expressed in theories of global finance, is no longer sustainable today. This book concerns the status of utopian thinking in contemporary global society and the possibility of imagining alternative ways of living outside of capitalism. Using a range of sociological and philosophical theories to write the first intellectual history of the capitalist utopia in English, Featherstone provokes the reader into thinking about ways of moving beyond this model of organising social life through sociological modes of thought. Indeed, this enlightening volume seeks to show how utopian thinking about the way people should live has been progressively captured by capitalism with the result that it is difficult to imagine alternatives to capitalist society today. Presenting sociology and sociological thinking as a utopian alternative to the capitalist utopia, Planet Utopia will appeal to postgraduate and postdoctoral students interested in subjects including Sociology, Social Theory, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory and Continental Philosophy.
Utopia In The Age Of Globalization
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Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-02-26
Utopia In The Age Of Globalization written by Robert T. Tally Jr. and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
The idea of "Utopia" has made a comeback in the age of globalization, and the bewildering technological shifts and economic uncertainties of the present era call for novel forms of utopia. Tally argues that a new form of utopian discourse is needed for understanding, and moving beyond, the current world system.
The Opium Of Globalist Utopianism And Its Antidote
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Author : József Szájer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Opium Of Globalist Utopianism And Its Antidote written by József Szájer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Globalization categories.
The Oxford Handbook Of Communist Visual Cultures
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Author : Aga Skrodzka
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-01
The Oxford Handbook Of Communist Visual Cultures written by Aga Skrodzka and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Stereotypes often cast communism as a defunct, bankrupt ideology and a relic of the distant past. However, recent political movements like Europe's anti-austerity protests, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street suggest that communism is still very much relevant and may even hold the key to a new, idealized future. In The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures, contributors trace the legacies of communist ideology in visual culture, from buildings and monuments, murals and sculpture, to recycling campaigns and wall newspapers, all of which work to make communism's ideas and values material. Contributors work to resist the widespread demonization of communism, demystifying its ideals and suggesting that it has visually shaped the modern world in undeniable and complex ways. Together, contributors answer curcial questions like: What can be salvaged and reused from past communist experiments? How has communism impacted the cultures of late capitalism? And how have histories of communism left behind visual traces of potential utopias? An interdisciplinary look at the cultural currency of communism today, The Oxford Handbook of Communist Visual Cultures demonstrates the value of revisiting the practices of the past to form a better vision of the future.
Ourtopia
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Author : Garrett Jones
language : en
Publisher: Authors On Line Ltd
Release Date : 2004
Ourtopia written by Garrett Jones and has been published by Authors On Line Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.
The title derives from the word utopia, which means literally 'no place', a kind of never-never land. The present book is only utopian in the sense that it seeks the best possible world; it is not yet another prescription for a perfect society. A major modern disease is compartmentalism. This encourages the idea that problems can best be solved by tackling them one at a time, failing to notice that they are all in fact inter-related. Ourtopia looks at the various aspects of the world we live in - nationalism and ethnicity, armies and armaments, markets and consumers, children and education, crime and punishment, work and play, sex and relationships, globalism and regionalism. After a brief look at the way each has developed, spelling out the good and bad aspects of the status quo, it seeks solutions in a way which makes for a coherent planet. Each chapter ends with a ten point summary of the kind of society we should be working towards under the heading 'Ourtopia' - which is simply 'Utopia' with a couple of letters inserted to change it from 'no place' to 'our place'. of a much better co-ordinated effort to set it on course for survival, this book is for you.
Politics Social Theory Utopia And The World System
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Author : C. el-Ojeili
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-01-25
Politics Social Theory Utopia And The World System written by C. el-Ojeili and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-25 with Social Science categories.
It is common to hear that we live in unique, turbulent and crisis-ridden times and this turbulence, transformation and crisis are said to be deeply significant - perhaps threatening - for the human sciences. Responding to such claims, this book provides an accessible engagement with pressing contemporary topics, such as violence, social movements, equality, identity and democracy. Foregrounding the imagination of possibilities (utopia), the mapping of the present (theory), and the transformation of the world-system (historical and global questions), the book surveys central issues and paradigms in contemproary political sociology, urging a recommitment to certain concepts and traditions for guidance in thinking and acting in the world.
Science Fiction New Space Opera And Neoliberal Globalism
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Author : Jerome Winter
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2016-11-15
Science Fiction New Space Opera And Neoliberal Globalism written by Jerome Winter and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
One of the few points critics and readers can agree upon when discussing the fiction popularly known as New Space Opera – a recent subgenre movement of science fiction – is its canny engagement with contemporary cultural politics in the age of globalisation. This book avers that the complex political allegories of New Space Opera respond to the recent cultural phenomenon known as neoliberalism, which entails the championing of the deregulation and privatisation of social services and programmes in the service of global free-market expansion. Providing close readings of the evolving New Space Opera canon and cultural histories and theoretical contexts of neoliberalism as a regnant ideology of our times, this book conceptualises a means to appreciate this thriving movement of popular literature.