The Task of Utopia
Download or Read eBook The Task of Utopia PDF written by Erin McKenna and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Erin McKenna |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : 074251319X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780742513198 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Task of Utopia by : Erin McKenna
Book excerpt: At their best, both American pragmatism and utopianism are about hope. Both encourage people to think about the future as a guide to understanding the past and forming the present. Just as pragmatism has often been misunderstood as valueless instrumentalism, utopianism has been limited to dreams of a static perfect world. In this book, Erin McKenna argues that utopian vision informed by pragmatism results in a process model of utopia that can help form the future based on critical intelligence. Using John Dewey's works with feminist theory and literature, McKenna develops this pragmatist feminist model of utopia.
