Utopia and consciousness
By: William S. Haney II
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Series: Consciousness, literature & the arts -- 29
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9789042033054
Subjects: Utopias in literature; Consciousness in literature
Description: "In his book Archaeologies of the future: the desire called utopia and other science fictions (2007), Fredric Jameson analyzes the multiple components of utopia and the possibility of achieving utopia in the near future. As this book argues, however, human civilization will never achieve utopia unless humans reach a state of pure consciousness in which they will use their full mental potential and avoid making blunders in life that would undermine the possibility of a utopia. This book develops a non-teleological, comparative poetics between Western and Sanskrit literary traditions by analyzing their opposing theories of language, consciousness and meaning..."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.