Jameson Fredric - Archaeologies Of The Future The Desire Called Utopia And Other Science Fictions - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World and the social disintegration of the Third is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Future Jameson's most substantial work since Postmodernism Or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism investigates the development of this form since Thomas More and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post - Communist age. The relationship between utopia and science fiction is explored through the representations of otherness alien life and alien worlds and a study of the works of Philip K. Dick Ursula Le Guin William Gibson Brian Aldiss Kim Stanley Robinson and more. Jameson's essential essays including " The Desire Called Utopia " conclude with an examination of the opposing positions on utopia and an assessment of its political value today.
Title: Archaeologies Of The Future The Desire Called Utopia And Other Science Fictions
Author(s): Jameson Fredric
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844675388
Pages: 431 Pages
Publication Date: 4/17/2007
Category: Social & Political Philosophy