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Rethinking Utopia
Interdisciplinary ApproachesPolitical Theory for Today
44,99 € |
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Verlag: | Lexington Books |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 21.06.2022 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781666906967 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 132 |
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<p><span>Rethinking Utopia</span><span> is a collection that discusses utopian thinking in relation to different philosophical themes. It seeks utopianism in political theory (particularly in Kant and Derrida), populism, Turkish Islamism, international law, and it fleshes out themes of modernism and classless society in the selected utopian examples. By discussing and showing the relationship between utopia and these topics, the book shows that the range of subjects related to utopias is wider than the current literature suggests. </span></p>
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<p><span>The book attempts to bring together academic fields, which are not cross-fertilized in the existing debates on utopia, by building bridges between actual politics and futuristic visions. On the one hand, it looks at utopia as a means to think about and reconfigure contemporary politics (as in the case of international law and populist politics); on the other hand, it investigates how different philosophical/literary texts, from widely-known More and Le Guin to lesser-known Turkish Islamists Kısakürek, Karakoç and Özel, imagine their distinct utopian vision where a new form of anarchist, classless or Islamist society could be possible.</span></p>
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<p><span>The book attempts to bring together academic fields, which are not cross-fertilized in the existing debates on utopia, by building bridges between actual politics and futuristic visions. On the one hand, it looks at utopia as a means to think about and reconfigure contemporary politics (as in the case of international law and populist politics); on the other hand, it investigates how different philosophical/literary texts, from widely-known More and Le Guin to lesser-known Turkish Islamists Kısakürek, Karakoç and Özel, imagine their distinct utopian vision where a new form of anarchist, classless or Islamist society could be possible.</span></p>
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<p><span>The authors of the book believe that utopia is a multidimensional concept, hence best understood with a multidisciplinary perspective. The book seeks utopian thinking in political theory (in Kant and Derrida), international law, populism, Turkish Islamism, and it dilates on the themes of modernism and classless society in the selected utopias.</span></p>
<p><span>Part I</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1: Utopia as Free Play by Hayrettin Özler</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: The Search for a Better Place: Populist and Utopian Redemption by Volkan Gül</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: Utopia and The Law of Humanity: An International Humanitarian Law Perspective by Ramazan Güreşci</span></p>
<p><span>Part II</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: Modernism in Thomas More’s Utopia by Süleyman Sıdal</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: The Classless Society in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Utopia: Always Coming Home by Ebru Deniz Ozan</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: Turkish Islamism and Utopia: Collating the Works of Necip Fazil Kisakürek, Sezai Karakoç, and Ismet Özel by Ertuğrul Zengin</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1: Utopia as Free Play by Hayrettin Özler</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2: The Search for a Better Place: Populist and Utopian Redemption by Volkan Gül</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3: Utopia and The Law of Humanity: An International Humanitarian Law Perspective by Ramazan Güreşci</span></p>
<p><span>Part II</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4: Modernism in Thomas More’s Utopia by Süleyman Sıdal</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5: The Classless Society in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Utopia: Always Coming Home by Ebru Deniz Ozan</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6: Turkish Islamism and Utopia: Collating the Works of Necip Fazil Kisakürek, Sezai Karakoç, and Ismet Özel by Ertuğrul Zengin</span></p>
<p><span>Ebru Deniz Ozan</span><span> is currently a faculty member at Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Department of Political Science and International Relations.</span></p>