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Unfinished Utopia
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Author : Katherine A. Lebow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-05-17
Unfinished Utopia written by Katherine A. Lebow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-17 with Communism and culture categories.
A social and cultural history of Nowa Huta, adjacent to the historic city of Krakow and dubbed Poland's "first socialist city" by Communist propaganda of the 1950s.
Behemoth A History Of The Factory And The Making Of The Modern World
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Author : Joshua B. Freeman
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2018-02-27
Behemoth A History Of The Factory And The Making Of The Modern World written by Joshua B. Freeman and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with History categories.
"Freeman’s rich and ambitious Behemoth depicts a world in retreat that still looms large in the national imagination.…More than an economic history, or a chronicle of architectural feats and labor movements." —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times In an accessible and timely work of scholarship, celebrated historian Joshua B. Freeman tells the story of the factory and examines how it has reflected both our dreams and our nightmares of industrialization and social change. He whisks readers from the early textile mills that powered the Industrial Revolution to the factory towns of New England to today’s behemoths making sneakers, toys, and cellphones in China and Vietnam. Behemoth offers a piercing perspective on how factories have shaped our societies and the challenges we face now.
Practicing Utopia
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Author : Rosemary Wakeman
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-04
Practicing Utopia written by Rosemary Wakeman and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04 with Architecture categories.
The typical town springs up around a natural resource such as a river, an ocean, an exceptionally deep harbour or in proximity to a larger, already thriving town. Not so with 'new towns, ' which are created by decree rather than out of necessity and are often intended to break from the tendencies of past development. New towns aren't a new thing but these utopian developments saw a resurgence in the 20th century. Rosemary Wakeman gives us a sweeping view of the new town movement as a global phenomenon, from Tapiola in Finland to Islamabad in Pakistan, Cergy-Pontoise in France to Irvine in California.
Applied Theatre A Pedagogy Of Utopia
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Author : Selina Busby
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-03-25
Applied Theatre A Pedagogy Of Utopia written by Selina Busby and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-25 with Performing Arts categories.
Shortlisted for the 2022 TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize Applied Theatre is a widely accepted term to describe a set of practices that encompass community, social and participatory theatre making. It is an area of performance practice that is flourishing across global contexts and communities. However, this proliferation is not unproblematic. A Pedagogy of Utopia offers a critical consideration of long-term applied and participatory theatre projects. In doing so, it provides a timely analysis of some of the concepts that inform applied theatre and outlines a new way of thinking about making theatre with differing groups of participants. The book problematizes some key concepts including safe spaces, voice, ethical practice and resistance. Selina Busby analyses applied theatre projects in India, the USA and the UK, in youth theatres, homeless shelters, prisons and with those living in informal housing settlements to consider her key question: What might a pedagogy of utopia look like? Drawing on 20-years of practice in a range of contexts, this book focuses on long-term interventions that raise troubling questions about applied theatre, cultural colonialism and power, while arguing that community or participatory theatre conversely has the potential to generate a resilient sense of optimism, or what Busby terms, a 'nebulous utopia'.
Post Utopian Spaces
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Author : Valentin Mihaylov
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-08-15
Post Utopian Spaces written by Valentin Mihaylov and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with Science categories.
Featuring up-to-date and insightful analyses and comparative case studies from a plethora of countries, this timely book explores ‘ideal’ socialist cities and their transformation under new socio-economic and political conditions after the fall of communism. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book prioritises objective scientific knowledge and presents expert rethinking of the historical experience of urban planning in the former socialist countries of Eurasia. It draws on carefully selected examples of iconic cities of socialist modernism, from the post-Soviet space, Central Europe, and the Balkans. The book explores the ongoing transformation of these cities: from uniformed urban environment to chaotic post-modernist planning, from industrialisation to touristification, from deideologisation to making new and still highly contested heritage. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in urban studies, human geography, sociology, social anthropology, spatial planning, and architectural practice.
Maps Of Utopia
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Author : Simon J. James
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-02-02
Maps Of Utopia written by Simon J. James 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 2012-02-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is the first study of the literary theories of H. G. Wells, the founding father of English science fiction and once the most widely read writer in the world. It explores his entire career, during which he produced popular science, educational theory, history, politics, and prophecy, as well as realist, experimental, and science fiction.
Utopia Unlimited
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Author : Angela Warfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-26
Utopia Unlimited written by Angela Warfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-26 with categories.
Utopia Unlimited, completed at the dawn of President Barack Obama's campaign for the presidency, hearkens back to the rhetoric of hope, promise, and idealism that unified and inspired millions of Americans to dream again. This edition arrives at the dawn of a new era--the Trump presidency. The theories, readings, and critique in this study are more prescient than ever. Every candidate promises a "brave new world" and inspires legions of voters to follow their lead. Sometimes these worlds are built on courage, innovation, and hope; sometimes their foundations are fear, cowardice, and complacency. Some candidates deliver on promises more than others. Of course, the Trump administration is in its infancy and the impact of his presidency remains to be seen. If history has any lessons to teach us, the waxing and waning of promises, dreams, lies, and nightmares is the rhythm of American politics and life. Utopian and dystopian authors have long charted this territory and Utopian Unlimited argues that American literary utopias of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) and William Dean Howells' Altrurian Romances (1907) to Aldous Huxley's Island and Ursula K. LeGuin's The Dispossessed (1974), offer a unique narrative site to approach the ethical and political concerns of postmodernity. Literary utopias are conventionally read as either dogmatic and totalitarian schemes or impractical and fanciful dreams; they are interpreted as representations of an archetypal ideology. I contend that these conventional interpretations overlay and belie an essentially post-ideological irony and ambivalence inherent in the neologism "utopia"--the "good place" (eu-topos) that is simultaneously "no place" (ou-topos). Utopian narratives remain unfinished projects whose political and ethical potential resides in the suspension of utopia's realization, a notion discussed in Jacques Derrida's exploration of the irony and ultimate ethical significance of an idea that cannot be fully presented or realized (diff�rance), a space that cannot be traversed (a-poria), and of a community-to-come engendered by these notions. Accordingly, these readings of American literary utopias disclose narrative characteristics, from temporal instability to radical shifts in points of view, to show that the value of utopian literature lies in its exploration of alternative possibilities without prescribing finite and present solutions. Utopia Unlimited will offer readers hope in the face of an uncertain future.Utopia Unlimited is a reexamination of the utopian tradition in American Literature from the 19th century to the present that posits a new theory of utopianism based on the intent of the titular work by Sir Thomas More. The works of famous utopian writers from Edward Bellamy to Aldous Huxley are explored in detail and the utopian criticism sheds light on where America, and humanity, may be headed in the 21st century. If you are interested in American Literature, Utopia, Dystopia, Politics, Philosophy, or Ethics, you will appreciate this examination of the utopian tradition and the promise utopian philosophy holds for the millennium.
Stalinism Reloaded
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Author : Sándor Horváth
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-27
Stalinism Reloaded written by Sándor Horváth and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with History categories.
The Hungarian city of Sztálinváros, or "Stalin-City," was intended to be the paradigmatic urban community of the new communist society in the 1950s. In Stalinism Reloaded, Sándor Horváth explores how Stalin-City and the socialist regime were built and stabilized not only by the state but also by the people who came there with hope for a better future. By focusing on the everyday experiences of citizens, Horváth considers the contradictions in the Stalinist policies and the strategies these bricklayers, bureaucrats, shop girls, and even children put in place in order to cope with and shape the expectations of the state. Stalinism Reloaded reveals how the state influenced marriage patterns, family structure, and gender relations. While the devastating effects of this regime are considered, a convincing case is made that ordinary citizens had significant agency in shaping the political policies that governed them.
The Liberating Philosophy Of Ignacio Ellacur A
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Author : Luis Arturo Martínez Vásquez
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2024-01-16
The Liberating Philosophy Of Ignacio Ellacur A written by Luis Arturo Martínez Vásquez and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-16 with Philosophy categories.
The Liberating Philosophy of Ignacio Ellacuría: Historical Reality, Humanism, and Praxis is the first systematic work on the philosophy of Ignacio Ellacuría to be published in English so far. The Spaniard-Salvadorian philosopher—murdered in Salvador in 1989 by the military—maintains that philosophy is a permanent task grounded in metaphysics as first philosophy, as developed within a historical reality and a preferential option for the poor. As explored by this collection edited by Luis Arturo Martínez Vásquez, Randall Carrera Umaña, and Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda, Ellacuría's theory is a critical and practical proposal immersed in the colonial history of Central America, but its explanatory and normative power extends to oppressed people all around the world. The contributors to this volume, coming from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Salvador, and Costa Rica, analyze Ellacuría's philosophy of liberation in conjunction with radical realism and strength, describing it as "a philosophy created by people concerned with the problems and history of our land—such as our colonial past, systemic poverty and dependency—and… responding to these concerns can offer alternatives for a true liberation of all the dominated peoples of the world."
The Great Ocean Of Knowledge
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Author : Ann Talbot
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-01-01
The Great Ocean Of Knowledge written by Ann Talbot and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
This book explores the way in which, working within the investigative tradition associated with the Royal Society, the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) used travellers' reports to develop a form of comparative social anthropology which was to inform his major philosophical works.