Radicals chasing utopia
Subtitle: inside the rogue movements trying to change the world
By: Jamie Bartlett
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781568589862
Subjects: Politics and culture; Social stratification; Social aspects; Progress; Economic aspects; Information technology; Social movements
Description: In Radicals Chasing Utopia, Jamie Bartlett, one of the world's leading thinkers on radical politics and technology, takes readers inside the strange and exciting worlds of the innovators, disrupters, idealists, and extremists who think we can do better-and believe they know how. Bartlett introduces us to some of the most influential movements today: techno-futurists questing for immortality, far-right groups seeking to close borders, militant environmentalists striving to save the planet by any means necessary, and psychedelic pioneers attempting to heal society with the help of powerful hallucinogens. -- amazon.com
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: The transhumanist's wager; title: Fortress Europe; title: The trip report; title: Interlude: Prevent; title: Grillo vs Grillo; title: Temple of Duhm; title: Tha activists' paradox; title: Looking for Liberland; title: Epilogue. 2016: an ode.