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The Utopian Constellation: Future-Oriented Social and Political Thought Today

The Utopian Constellation: Future-Oriented Social and Political Thought Today

El-Ojeili, Chamsy

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General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3030325180
ISBN13: 9783030325183
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: Aug 26 2021
Pages: 161
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book examines the utopian dimension of contemporary social and political thought. Arguing for a utopian optic for the human sciences, el-Ojeili claims that major transformations of the utopian constellation have occurred since the end of the twentieth century.

Following a survey of major utopian shifts in the modern period, el-Ojeili focuses on three spaces within today's utopian constellation. At the liberal centre, we see a splintering effect, particularly after the global financial crisis of 2008: a contingent neo-liberalism, a neo-Keynesian turn, and a liberalism of fear. At the far-Right margin, we see the consolidation of post-fascism, a combination of the future in the past, elements of the post-modern present, and appeals to a novel future. Finally, at the far-Left, a new communism has emerged, with novel positions on resistance, maps of power, and a contemporary variant of the Left's artistic critique.

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