Utopian Bodies and the Politics of Transgression / Edition 1

by Lucy Sargisson

Overview

What do we want? What do we believe to be wrong with the world? How can we best change it?
How should we live? Given the world as it is, how can we best achieve our dreams and desires?
Utopian Bodies is, quite simply, a new approach to thinking about theory. Using the dominant themes of green and feminist politics, this fascinating and original text creates a new notion of utopian thought and life - "transgressive utopianism". This new concept is not a blueprint for an ideal polity; instead it demonstrates an approach to the world that is both idealistic and pragmatic, focussing on bodies of thought in relation to bodies of people: communities. Also spanning philosophy, political theory and deconstruction, this book is especially relevant today as the millennium marks a time of resurgence in utopian studies

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415214636
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/16/1999
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lucy Sargisson is a Lecturer in the School of Politics at the University of Nottingham. She is the author of Contemporary Feminist Utopianism (Routledge 1996).

Table of Contents

Introduction to utopian bodies 1 Bodies of thought 2 Bodies of people 3 Publicising the private? 4 Property 5 Self/Other relations, Conclusion