ISBN-13: 9781845453046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 328 str.
ISBN-13: 9781845453046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 328 str.
." . . a highly readable and structured discussion about utopian thinking at the beginning of the 21st century . . . It is indeed fortunate that political scientists, historians, philosophers, art critics, and literary theorists have come together to share their thinking on utopia and utopian thought at this disastrous moment of human history, when many are asking if there is a future to which to look forward." - European Legacy After the breakdown of socialist and communist systems in the East, it became fashionable to declare the so-called "end of utopia" ("end of history," "end of narratives"). The authors of this volume do not share this view but think that it is time to rehabilitate utopian thought. The political concept of Utopia that has given its name to these transcendental projections onto the world has been too narrow to describe and analyze the moving forces of the mind perceiving human existence beyond reality. By broadening the perspectives of utopian studies, these essays enable the reader to reconstruct scholarly paradigms and strategies of utopian, complex and holistic thinking in modern cosmology, philosophy, sociology, in literary, historical and political sciences, and to compare traditions and ways of Western utopian thought to the practice in the East. Jorn Rusen was Professor of Modern History at Universities Bochum and Bielefeld for many years. From 1994 to 1997 he was Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at Bielefeld. Since 1997 he has been President of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut). Michael Fehr has been Director of the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum of the City of Hagen, Germany, since 1987. Prior to that he was Assistant Professor at the Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, and Deputy Director at the Art Museum of the City of Bochum. He has published extensively on contemporary art as well as on theory of museums, and teaches museology at University of Bonn. Thomas W. Rieger worked at the Museum of Contemporary History Bonn (Stiftung Haus der Geschichte) from 1993 to 1998, and since 1999 at Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen. He has been teaching Theory of Architecture at RWTH Aachen and has been Curator at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf since 2004.
". . . a highly readable and structured discussion about utopian thinking at the beginning ofthe 21st century . . . It is indeed fortunate that political scientists, historians, philosophers,art critics, and literary theorists have come together to share their thinking on utopia andutopian thought at this disastrous moment of human history, when many are asking if thereis a future to which to look forward." - European LegacyAfter the breakdown of socialist and communist systems in the East, it became fashionable todeclare the so-called "end of utopia" ("end of history," "end of narratives"). The authors ofthis volume do not share this view but think that it is time to rehabilitate utopian thought.The political concept of Utopia that has given its name to these transcendental projectionsonto the world has been too narrow to describe and analyze the moving forces of the mindperceiving human existence beyond reality. By broadening the perspectives of utopianstudies, these essays enable the reader to reconstruct scholarly paradigms and strategies ofutopian, complex and holistic thinking in modern cosmology, philosophy, sociology, in literary,historical and political sciences, and to compare traditions and ways of Western utopianthought to the practice in the East.Jörn Rüsen was Professor of Modern History at Universities Bochum and Bielefeld for manyyears. From 1994 to 1997 he was Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) atBielefeld. Since 1997 he has been President of the Institute for Advanced Study in theHumanities Essen (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut).Michael Fehr has been Director of the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum of the City of Hagen,Germany, since 1987. Prior to that he was Assistant Professor at the Bergische UniversitätWuppertal, and Deputy Director at the Art Museum of the City of Bochum. He has publishedextensively on contemporary art as well as on theory of museums, and teaches museology atUniversity of Bonn.Thomas W. Rieger worked at the Museum of Contemporary History Bonn (Stiftung Haus derGeschichte) from 1993 to 1998, and since 1999 at Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum Hagen. He hasbeen teaching Theory of Architecture at RWTH Aachen and has been Curator at KunsthalleDüsseldorf since 2004.