Utopia in the Age of Globalization: Space, Representation, and the World System [electronic resource] /
Tally, Robert T.author.
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.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "A map of the world which does not contain Utopia"; 1 The End of Utopia at the Present Time; 2 A Meditation on the Impossible; 3 Power to the Imagination; 4 Mapping the Postnational World System; Conclusion: Hic Sunt Dracones; Bibliography; Index
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.
Literature-Philosophy.
Poststructuralism.
European literature.
Globalization.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literary Theory.
Poststructuralism.
European Literature.
Globalization.
Twentieth-Century Literature.