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An American Utopia

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

An American Utopia

By Fredric Jameson

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About the book

Fredric Jameson's pathbreaking essay "An American Utopia" radically questions standard leftist notions of what constitutes an emancipated society. Advocated here are-among other things-universal conscription, the full acknowledgment of envy and resentment as a fundamental challenge to any communist society, and the acceptance that the division between work and leisure cannot be overcome. To create a new world, we must first change the way we envision the world. Jameson's text is ideally placed t...Show more

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9781784784539

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Verso Books

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2016

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An American Utopia

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Paperback

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