{"product_id":"political-uses-of-utopia-s-chrostowska-9780231179584","title":"Political Uses of Utopia: New Marxist, Anarchist, and Radical Democratic Perspectives","description":"Utopia has long been banished from political theory, framed as an impossible--and possibly dangerous--political ideal, a flawed social blueprint, or a thought experiment without any practical import. Even the \"realistic utopias\" of liberal theory strike many as wishful thinking. Can politics think utopia otherwise? Can utopian thinking contribute to the renewal of politics? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Political Uses of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e, an international cast of leading and emerging theorists agree that the uses of utopia for politics are multiple and nuanced and lie somewhere between--or, better yet, beyond--the mainstream caution against it and the conviction that another, better world ought to be possible. Representing a range of perspectives on the grand tradition of Western utopianism, which extends back half a millennium and perhaps as far as Plato, these essays are united in their interest in the relevance of utopianism to specific historical and contemporary political contexts. Featuring contributions from Miguel Abensour, Étienne Balibar, Raymond Geuss, and Jacques Rancière, among others, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Uses of Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e reopens the question of whether and how utopianism can inform political thinking and action today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. Chrostowska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231179588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231179584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017","brand":"S. Chrostowska","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064795803903,"sku":"9780231179584","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bffa1e1f-60ec-4b41-a0a4-26e9539dd594.jpg?v=1768671102","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/political-uses-of-utopia-s-chrostowska-9780231179584","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}