Bibliograph

An American utopia, dual power and the universal army, Fredric Jameson ; edited by Slavoj Žizě̌k

Type

Label

An American utopia, dual power and the universal army, Fredric Jameson ; edited by Slavoj Žizě̌k

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An American utopia

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

950611265

Responsibility statement

Fredric Jameson ; edited by Slavoj Žizě̌k

Sub title

dual power and the universal army

Summary

"Controversial manifesto by acclaimed cultural theorist debated by leading writers Fredric Jameson's path-breaking essay An American Utopia radically questions standard leftist notions of an eman-cipated society, advocating--among other things--universal conscription as the model for the communist reorganization of soci-ety, fully acknowledging envy and resentment as the central problem of a communist society, and rejecting the dreams of over-coming the division between work and leisure. Endorsing the axiom that to change the world one should begin by changing our dreams about how we imagine an emancipated society, Jameson's text is ideally placed to trigger a debate on possible and imag-inable alternatives to global capitalism. In addition to Jameson's essay, the volume brings reactions to it by philosophers and political and cultural analysts, as well as an epilogue from Jameson. Many will be appalled at what they will encounter--there will be blood. But what if one has to spill such (ideological) blood to give the left a new chance?--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

An American utopia / Fredric Jameson -- Mutt and Jeff push the button / Kim Stanley Robinson -- Dual power redux / Jodi Dean -- The happy accident of a utopia / Saroj Giri -- From the other scene to the other state: Jameson's dialectic of dual power / Agon Hamza -- A Japanese utopia / Kojin Karatani -- Jameson and method: on comic utopianism / Frank Ruda -- After October, before February: figures of dual power / Alberto Toscano -- Utopian therapy: work, non-work, and the political imagination / Kathi Weeks -- The seeds of imagination / Slavoj Žižek -- An American utopia: epilog / Fredric Jameson

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