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Utopian Fantasy

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Author : Richard Gerber
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-21

Utopian Fantasy written by Richard Gerber and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-21 with Literary Criticism categories.

This book, originally published in 1955 and reissued in 1973, is a study of the flourishing of an ancient literary form which had only recently been recognized and systematically studied as a proper genre – utopian fiction. Beginning with the imaginary journeys of writers like H. G. Wells at the end of the nineteenth century, Professor Gerber traces the evolving themes and forms of the genre through their culmination in the sophisticated nightmares of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. It is a two-fold transformation: On the one hand, the optimism of social reformers whose visions of the future were nurtured by the theories of Darwin and the triumph of science and industry gradually gives way to the pessimism of moral philosophers alarmed at the power science and technology have put at the disposal of totalitarian rulers. On the other hand, the earlier writers’ dependence on framing and distancing devices for their stories and heavy emphasis on technical details give way to the subtlety of complex psychological novels whose artistry makes the reader a citizen of the tragic worlds depicted.

Utopian Fantasy

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Author : Richard Gerber
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Release Date : 1973

Utopian Fantasy written by Richard Gerber and has been published by McGraw-Hill Companies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Literary Criticism categories.

Routledge Library Editions Utopias

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Author : Various
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-11-01

Routledge Library Editions Utopias written by Various and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-01 with Literary Criticism categories.

Routledge Library Editions: Utopias (6 volume set) contains titles, originally published between 1923 and 1982. It includes volumes focusing on Utopian fiction, both as a genre in its own right and also from a feminist perspective. In addition, there are sociological texts that examine the history of Utopian thought, from the writings of Plato and beyond, as well as specific examples of people who have tried to create Utopian communities.

Living The Fantasy

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Author : Helen M. Kim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

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The Designed Myth

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Author : Hans-Georg Soeffner
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024-07-15

The Designed Myth written by Hans-Georg Soeffner and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-15 with Social Science categories.

Utopian thinking and utopian designs ostensibly represent a belief in human progress. The starting point of utopias is almost always a bad present that is to be overcome. But in the 20th and 21st centuries, doubts are growing about a plannable future designed by enlightened reason, about the project of modernity. Utopias are answered by dystopias. This makes it clear: the basic motif of utopian thinking is the fear of an uncontrollable future, a fear that could perhaps be overcome by the principle of hope (Ernst Bloch), an amiable illusion. The Content The "contradiction" of rationality and irrationality in utopian conceptions ● Fiction and reality ● Model and myth ● Symbol and symbolic action ● Enlightenment to autonomy. The target groups ● Humanities scholars, political scientists and social scientists ● Philosophers ● Theologians Theauthor Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Soeffner is Professor Emeritus of General Sociology at the University of Konstanz, Senior Fellow and Board Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI) and Permanent Visiting Fellow at the Forum internationale Wissenschaft of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

Modern Allegory And Fantasy

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Author : Lynette Hunter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Modern Allegory And Fantasy written by Lynette Hunter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Literary Criticism categories.

Lacan And The Political

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Author : Yannis Stavrakakis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-09-11

Lacan And The Political written by Yannis Stavrakakis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-11 with Philosophy categories.

The work of Jacques Lacan is second only to Freud in its impact on psychoanalysis. Yannis Stavrakakis clearly examines Lacan's challenging views on time, history, language, alterity, desire and sexuality from a political standpoint. It is the first book to provide an overview of the social and political implications of Lacan's work as a whole for students coming to Lacan for the first time. The first part of Lacan and the Political offers a straightforward and systematic assessment of the importance of Lacan's categories and theoretical constructions for concrete political analysis. The second half of the book applies Lacanian theory to specific examples of widely discussed political issues, such as Green ideology, the question of democracy and the hegemony of advertising in contemporary culture.

The Utopian Fantastic

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Author : Martha A. Bartter
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2004-04-30

The Utopian Fantastic written by Martha A. Bartter and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-30 with Art categories.

Utopia forms a major aspect of human desire, one that is as important as religion. Understanding utopia and the ways in which it can collapse into dystopia is crucial in many disciplines. Fantastic literature (including science fiction and fantasy) is the only form of literature that takes utopia/dystopia seriously. Therefore, analysis of these works provides a basis for serious experimentation in social science. In this volume, critics analyze contemporary literary thought experiments such as 1984 and We. They show how utopian experiments can easily slide into dystopia. Exploring these fictional sociocultural, political experiments gives us new ways to think about our lives and culture. While literature, history, and political science professors may find this book useful, it can also serve as a call to arms to anyone dedicated to maintaining freedom and humane living in the world today.

Blade Runner And The Cyberpunk Narrative Is Cyberpunk A Dystopian Narrative Or A Genre Of Its Own

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Author : Mike Gallo
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2018-04-11

Blade Runner And The Cyberpunk Narrative Is Cyberpunk A Dystopian Narrative Or A Genre Of Its Own written by Mike Gallo and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-11 with Literary Criticism categories.

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Wuppertal (Anglistik), course: Narrating Los Angeles, language: English, abstract: The reference "I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe" marks one of the most iconic monologues in movie history. It perfectly describes the confusing life within a dystopian future from the perspective of a being whose existence is a comment on life itself. Replicants, artificial life, flying cars, dirty streets, confusing architecture and big corporations fill the narration of "Blade Runner", often claimed as the showpiece of the art form of cyberpunk. What is cyberpunk? What is cyber? What is punk? This seminar paper will examine the origins of the cyberpunk narrative by amplifying its roots, the dystopian scenario. Furthermore the dystopian roots within the utopian narrative will be specified. Using the example of Ridley Scott’s 1982 movie "Blade Runner" the significance of the city of Los Angeles within the cyberpunk narrative will be examined and the importance of the classic hard-boiled detective crime fiction will be put into contrast to Scott’s visionary image of 2019 Los Angeles. Is cyberpunk just another version of the dystopian narrative or is it a genre on its own? Is the narration within the cyberpunk universe still relevant or is the cyberpunk era already over? By examining possible roots of the cyberpunk narration within the hard-boiled crime fiction of the 1920s and 1930s, a connection to Scott’s "Blade Runner" is tried to be reasoned.

Utopia

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Author : David Bleich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

Utopia written by David Bleich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Literary Criticism categories.