Dreamworld and Catastrophe
Dreamworld and Catastrophe
The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West
Susan Buck-Morss

Auteur(s)
Susan Buck-Morss
Uitgever, jaar
Cambridge Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 2000
Omvang
368 p., geïllustreerd, 24 cm.
ISBN
0262024640

The dream of the twentieth century was the construction of mass utopia. As the century closes, this dream is being left behind; the belief that industrial modernization can bring about the good society by overcoming material scarcity for all has been challenged by the disintegration of European socialism, capitalist restructuring, and ecological constraints. The larger social vision has given way to private dreams of material happiness and to political cynicism. Developing the notion of dreamworld as both a poetic description of a collective mental state and an analytical concept, Susan Buck-Morss attempts to come to terms with mass dreamworlds at the moment of their passing.


Locatie in de bibliotheek
Kast 19 - 3: Utopia ; De Ideale Stad
Opmerkingen
Incl. notes, Bibliography and Index.