Utopian Politics: Citizenship and Practice
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Firth, R. 2011. Utopian Politics: Citizenship and Practice. Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Authors | Firth, R. |
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Abstract | In the context of global problems such as the economic downturn, escalating inequality, terrorism, resource depletion and climate change, cynicism prevails in contemporary politics, which need not be the case. Utopian Politics confronts a world intensely aware of the problems that we face and sadly lacking in solutions, positing a utopian articulation of citizenship focused on community participation at a grassroots level. By re-examining central concepts and thinkers in political theory, this book re-casts the concepts of utopia and citizenship both as part of the classical philosophical tradition and simultaneously as part of the cutting edge of radical alternatives. This book includes never-before published ethnographic research, interviews and photographs from a range of autonomous UK communities, to show how the boundaries of politics and citizenship can be questioned and proposes an innovative methodology inspired by classical and post-structural anarchism. By considering ideas and practices that are generally considered to be marginal to mainstream political theory and practice, the book encourages readers to think about longstanding and central political debates in an entirely new, and creative way. Utopian Politics will be of interest to students and scholars of political theory, ethics and citizenship. |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Routledge Taylor & Francis Group |
Publication dates | |
02 Nov 2011 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 09 Jun 2017 |
Place of publication | Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY |
Series | Routledge Innovations in Political Theory |
ISBN | 978-0415669016 |
978-0415669014 | |
Web address (URL) | https://www.routledge.com/Utopian-Politics-Citizenship-and-Practice/Firth/p/book/9780415669016 |
Copyright holder | Routledge |
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