Utopian Variations
Utopian Variations is a comparative critical study of a variety of kinds of utopia and utopian discourse. Rather than focusing on more familiar forms of utopia, the book considers utopia in relation to a range of topics that have received less attention within utopian studies, including literary mod...
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| description | Utopian Variations is a comparative critical study of a variety of kinds of utopia and utopian discourse. Rather than focusing on more familiar forms of utopia, the book considers utopia in relation to a range of topics that have received less attention within utopian studies, including literary modernism, postsecularism, transhumanism, antihumanism, xenofeminism, the Covid-19 pandemic, recent speculation about postcapitalism, and utopianism since the 2007–8 financial crisis. The book also makes an entirely original argument for a re-evaluation of the concept of the utopian blueprint that breaks with academic orthodoxy in this area. As well as drawing on literature, film, and popular culture, there is extensive engagement with social theory, cultural theory, and queer theory, resulting in a rich, wide-ranging study. A small book on very big ideas. The title tells us there’ll be variety, and Sean Seeger delivers that variety not just in terms of the forms discussed but of the texts explored too. Utopian Variations is both accessible and interesting. The writing is clear and to the point but there’s no sacrificing on the detail. Seeger focuses his attention on the forms of utopia and utopianism that have received less attention in academic work to date, and his chronological approach makes it easy to track the evolution of the central ideas explored. I learnt a lot reading this book and have been introduced to a great many new texts. – Matthew Leggatt, University of Winchester |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1692502025-11-26T05:26:43Z Utopian Variations Seeger, Sean antihumanism Covid-19 pandemic cultural theory Culture dystopia Film Kelly literature Michael modernism Popular popular culture postcapitalism postsecularism queer theory science fiction Sean Sean Seeger Seeger social theory techno-utopianism transhumanism Utopia Utopian Utopian Variations Variations xenofeminism thema EDItEUR::F Fiction and Related items::FD Speculative fiction::FDB Dystopian and utopian fiction thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies Utopian Variations is a comparative critical study of a variety of kinds of utopia and utopian discourse. Rather than focusing on more familiar forms of utopia, the book considers utopia in relation to a range of topics that have received less attention within utopian studies, including literary modernism, postsecularism, transhumanism, antihumanism, xenofeminism, the Covid-19 pandemic, recent speculation about postcapitalism, and utopianism since the 2007–8 financial crisis. The book also makes an entirely original argument for a re-evaluation of the concept of the utopian blueprint that breaks with academic orthodoxy in this area. As well as drawing on literature, film, and popular culture, there is extensive engagement with social theory, cultural theory, and queer theory, resulting in a rich, wide-ranging study. A small book on very big ideas. The title tells us there’ll be variety, and Sean Seeger delivers that variety not just in terms of the forms discussed but of the texts explored too. Utopian Variations is both accessible and interesting. The writing is clear and to the point but there’s no sacrificing on the detail. Seeger focuses his attention on the forms of utopia and utopianism that have received less attention in academic work to date, and his chronological approach makes it easy to track the evolution of the central ideas explored. I learnt a lot reading this book and have been introduced to a great many new texts. – Matthew Leggatt, University of Winchester 2025-11-25T05:20:27Z 2025-11-25T05:20:27Z 2025-11-24T13:39:15Z 2025 book ONIX_20251124T143741_9781805840299_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/108359 9781805840299 9781805840305 9781805840282 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/169250 eng Ralahine Utopian Studies open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/108359/1/9781805840299.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b22926 10.3726/b22926 44a712f0-ee17-4c08-a667-46effed595e7 9781805840299 9781805840305 9781805840282 226 Bern open access |
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