Imaginary Power, Real Horizons: The Practicality of Utopianism - Couverture souple

Gilman-Opalsky, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184935555X ISBN 13 : 9781849355551

Editeur : AK Press, 2024

Synopsis

Political theorist and philosopher Richard Gilman-Opalsky's Imaginary Power, Real Horizons is a tribute to the imagination and to its necessity for liberatory struggle. ''Impractical' is the name given to anyone who imagines something radically other than what exists,' he writes. However, many things-such as the abolition of slavery-were dismissed as impractical before they came to be. In a warm, plainspoken manner, these essays chart the affects of creativity and utopianism through topics as varied as the cyclical nature of popular movements; the international history of May Day; the experience of teaching political theory and Marxism in contemporary China; and the revolutionary aspirations of Free Jazz. The human imagination is a real, world-creating power, and those who would declare otherwise have a poor understanding of history.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard Gilman-Opalsky is professor of political theory and philosophy in the School of Politics and International Affairs at the University of Illinois. He is author of seven books, including The Communism of Love, Specters of Revolt, and Precarious Communism. Gilman-Opalsky has lectured widely throughout the world, and his work has been translated and published in Greek, Spanish, French, and German.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AK Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184935555X
• ISBN 13: 9781849355551
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
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