Levitas Ruth. The concept of Utopia

Bern: Peter Lang Ltd, 2011. — 264 p. — ISBN10: 1906165335; ISBN13: 978-1906165338.In this highly influential book, Ruth Levitas provides an excellent introduction to the meaning and importance of the concept of utopia, and explores a wealth of material drawn from literature and social theory to illustrate its rich history and analytical versatility. Situating utopia within the dynamics of the modern imagination, she examines the ways in which it has been used by some of the leading thinkers of modernity: Marx, Engels, Karl Mannheim, Robert Owen, Georges Sorel, Ernst Bloch, William Morris, and Herbert Marcuse. Utopia remains the most potent secular concept for imagining and producing a 'better world', and this classic text will be invaluable to students across a wide range of disciplines.Ideal Commonwealths: The Emerging Tradition
Castles in the Air: Marx, Engels and Utopian Socialism
Mobilising Myths: Utopia and Social Change in Georges Sorel and Karl Mannheim
Utopian Hope: Ernst Bloch and Reclaiming the Future
The Education of Desire: The Rediscovery of William Morris
An American Dream: Herbert Marcuse and the Transformation of the Psyche
A Hundred Flowers: Contemporary Utopian Studies
Future Perfect: Retheorising Utopia