Fool's Gold? [electronic resource] : Utopianism in the Twenty-First Century /
Sargisson, L.author.
What's wrong with the world today and how might it become better (or worse)? These are the questions pursued in this book, which explores the hopes and fears, dreams and nightmares of the 21st century. Through architecture, fiction, theory, film and experiments with everyday life, Sargisson explores contemporary hopes and fears about the future.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Definitions, debates, and conflicts -- Religious fundamentalism -- Feminism and gender -- Sex and sexual identity -- Climate change and catastrophe -- Human attitudes to nature -- Green intentional communities -- Fantastic architecture : Dubai -- Domestic architecture : new urbanism and cohousing -- Computer gaming -- Cloning, cyborgs and robots.
What's wrong with the world today and how might it become better (or worse)? These are the questions pursued in this book, which explores the hopes and fears, dreams and nightmares of the 21st century. Through architecture, fiction, theory, film and experiments with everyday life, Sargisson explores contemporary hopes and fears about the future.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Philosophy and science.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.
Social Theory.
Philosophy of Science.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.