num_pages: 336
description: Controversial manifesto by acclaimed cultural theorist debated by leading writersFredric Jamesons pathbreaking essay An American Utopia radically questions standard leftist notions of what constitutes an emancipated society. Advocated here areamong other thingsuniversal conscription the full acknowledgment of envy and resentment as a fundamental challenge to any communist society and the acceptance that the division between work and leisure cannot be overcome. To create a new world we must first change the way we envision the world. Jamesons text is ideally placed to trigger a debate on the alternatives to global capitalism. In addition to Jamesons essay the volume includes responses from philosophers and political and cultural analysts as well as an epilogue from Jameson himself.Many will be appalled at what they will encounter in these pagesthere will be blood! But perhaps one has to spill such (ideological) blood to give the Left a chance.
language: English
title: An American Utopia: Dual Power and the Universal Army
publisher: Verso