Dreamworld and Catastrophe : The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West

Buck-Morss, Susan. Dreamworld and Catastrophe : The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000.

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Abstract (English)

"The dream of the twentieth century was the construction of mass utopia. As the century closes, this dream is being left behind; the belief that industrial modernization can bring about the good society by overcoming material scarcity for all has been challenged by the disintegration of European socialism, capitalist restructuring, and ecological constraints. The larger social vision has given way to private dreams of material happiness and to political cynicism.Developing the notion of dreamworld as both a poetic description of a collective mental state and an analytical concept, Susan Buck-Morss attempts to come to terms with mass dreamworlds at the moment of their passing. She shows how dreamworlds became dangerous when their energy was used by the structures of power as an instrument of force against the masses. " -- Publisher's Website.

Types: Monographs
All Contributors: Buck-Morss, Susan (Author)
Dossier: 700 - ART ET POLITIQUE / ART AND POLITICS
Collation: 368 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
ISBN: 0262523310
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
Keywords: PROPAGANDA; POLITICS; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CAPITALISM; SOCIALISM
Copyright Statement: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notes:

Bibliography p. 343 - 351.
Subject index p. 354 - 368.
Don d'Anne Ramsden

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Date Deposited: 12 May 2016 13:53
Last Modified: 12 May 2016 13:53
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/27039
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