| Uniform title | Vento e il vortice. English |
| Series |
Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; volume 339. Philosophy, literature, and politics
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| Contents |
From Utopia to Dystopia: Dreams and Projects of Historical -- Imagination -- On the Historicity of Imagination -- The Golden Age, the Philosophical Constructions of -- "the Just State" -- Reflections on the Utopian Moment and the New Republicanism: Are -- All Revolutions Betrayed? On "Socialist" Utopias. The Dream of the -- "Anthropological Turn" -- The Dystopian Moment and the Last Utopias -- -- Dystopias of the Twenty-First Century: the Bank of Critical -- Thinking -- The Circle -- The Possibility of an Island -- 2084: the End of the World -- The Beacon of Psychoanalysis on the Billowing Ocean of Utopia -- Some Reservations on Utopia. |
| Abstract |
"In Wind and Whirlwind the great philosopher Ágnes Heller and social scientist Riccardo Mazzeo explain the pros and cons of utopias and dystopias as they are described in literary works and their relevance to understand the world we live in and the hidden consequences of apparently appealing life trajectories"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Heller, Agnes. Wind and whirlwind Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, 2019. 9789004375321 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019025574 |
| ISBN | 9789004410275 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
