Existential Utopia

New Perspectives on Utopian Thought

By: Michael Marder (Editor), Patricia Vieira (Editor)

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Hardcover | 26 January 2012 | Edition Number 1

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These original essays contributed by leading thinkers aim to revitalize utopian thinking and apply it to contemporary national and international politics. Radical political thought of the 20th century was dominated by utopia, but the failure of communism in Eastern Europe and its disavowal in China has brought on the need for a new model of utopian thought. This book thus seeks to redefine the concept of utopia and bring it to bear on today's politics. The original essays, contributed by key thinkers such as Gianni Vattimo and Jean-Luc Nancy, highlight the connection between utopian theory and practice. The book reassesses the legacy of utopia and conceptualizes alternatives to the neo-liberal, technocratic regimes prevalent in today's world. It argues that only utopia in its existential sense, grounded in the lived time and space of politics, can distance itself from mainstream ideology and not be at the service of technocratic regimes, while paying attention to the material conditions of human life. "Existential Utopia" offers a new and exciting interpretation of utopia in contemporary culture and a much-needed intervention into the philosophical and political discussion of utopian thinking that is both accessible to students and comprehensive.

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What is the philosophical meaning of utopia today? Where can utopian thought lead us? Is there still any space for utopian propositions after the end of metaphysics? These are the questions first rank philosophers, such as Jean-Luc Nancy, Cl¡udia Baracchi, and Gianni Vattimo among others, respond to in this remarkable book. As a hermeneutic philosopher I must invite everyone who believes in hope, difference, and alterity as values for a better future to study carefully Patrcia Vieira and Michael Marder's Existential Utopia. --Santiago Zabala, ICREA Research Professor at the University of Barcelona

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