The Revival of Political Imagination

Utopia as Methodology

The Revival of Political Imagination
Teppo Eskelinen
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15 Jul 2020 UK
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9781786999597
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The Revival of Political Imagination offers a unique examination of the methodological aspects of utopia. Discussing utopia as a tool for social criticism, method and imaginative spaces - rather than in terms of its content - this volume analyses the function of utopias, to develop utopias as methodology and to show how instrumental utopian modes of thought can be in such diverse fields such as education, labour, and housing. Including discussions of traditional and contemporary utopias, as well as various forms of expression of utopian hope, from literature to social science and cultural practices, The Revival of Political Imagination is both analytical and practical in its elucidation of how political theory can function to foster our imaginative skills.
' Rather than follow the scholarship path ofnon-normative, queer and LGBTIQ+ lives, identities and communities, this bookputs organised heteroactivist people, groups, spaces and places at the centreof enquiry. An original and crucial intervention for scholars and activistsinterested in the shifting and highly charged debates about equality, freedoms,and human rights, that provides new understandings of the way in whichsocieties, space, place and activism are reworked through resistances toLGBTIQ+ legislative, political and social equalities. ' Lynda Johnston, University of Waikato ' Emphasizing transnational networks and activisms, CatherineJean Nash and Kath Browne provide a fascinating guide to the new heteroactivismin countries where many students of anti-LGBTQ backlash assume we have won. ' Cynthia Burack, The Ohio State University ' What an excellent read this is! The authors provide a wealthof insight into heteroactivism in localised contexts, avoiding simplisticreligion-related explanations. Critically aware of epistemological geopolitics,this is the book we all should reward ourselves to read. ' Dr Roberto Kulpa, Co-editor of De-Centring WesternSexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives. ' This chilling and original study offers a timely analysis ofcontemporary resistances to LGBT equalities across three nationalEnglish-speaking settings. Attentive to nuance and geopolitical specificity, itshows how growing opposition to LGBT equalities cannot simply be understood ashomo or transphobia. Instead, heteroactivists claim that state-sponsored LGBTinclusion in the 21st is a threat to democracy, free speech and Christianheteronormativity. A welcome contribution to the urgently needed and growingfield of research on contemporary anti-gender movements, this book providesconcepts, methods and questions of relevance beyond the English-speaking globalNorth. ' Ulrika Dahl, Uppsala University ' Nash and Browne' s pioneering analysis exposes the existence and expansion of resistances againstgender and sexual equalities in ' progressive nations' . As an analytical category, Heteroactivism investigates the desire to establish heteronormativities as the bedrock of the Occident. The book is an essential contribution to debates about sexual politics. ' Stefanie Boulila, Lucerne University
Teppo Eskelinen is Senior lecturer in Development Studies at the University of Jyvaskyla. A philosopher, Eskelinen has also worked as a lecturer in social and public policy. His research interests include political economy and global justice broadly understood, and he has also done research on radical democracy, classics of heterodox economics and economic alternatives.
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ISBN-13: 9781786999597
Published: 15 Jul 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Zed Books
Publisher: Zed Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 222mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 208

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