Archaeologies of the Future : The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions

In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World, and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Future , Jameson's most substantial work since Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism , investigates the development of this form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post-Communist age. The relationship between utopia and science fiction is explored through the representations of otherness—alien life and alien worlds—and a study of the works of Philip K. Dick, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson, Brian Aldiss, Kim Stanley Robinson and more. Jameson's essential essays, including ''The Desire Called Utopia,'' conclude with an examination of the opposing positions on utopia and an assessment of its political value today. Archaeologies of the Future is the third volume, after Postmodernism and A Singular Modernity, of Jameson's project on the Poetics of Social Forms. In An Age Of Globalization Characterized By The Dizzying Technologies Of The First World, And The Social Disintegration Of The Third, Is The Concept Of Utopia Still Meaningful? Archaeologies Of The Future, Jameson's Most Substantial Work Since Postmodernism, Or, The Cultural Logic Of Late Capitalism, Investigates The Development Of This Form Since Thomas More, And Interrogates The Functions Of Utopian Thinking In A Post-communist Age.--jacket. Pt. 1. The Desire Called Utopia. Introduction: Utopia Now ; Varieties Of The Utopian ; The Utopian Enclave ; Morus: The Generic Window ; Utopian Science Versus Utopian Ideology ; The Great Schism ; How To Fulfill A Wish ; The Barrier Of Time ; The Unknowability Thesis ; The Alien Body ; Utopia And Its Antinomies ; Synthesis, Irony, Neutralization And The Moment Of Truth ; Journey Into Fear ; The Future As Disruption. -- Pt. 2. As Far As Thought Can Reach. Fourier, Or, Ontology And Utopia ; Generic Discontinuities In Sf: Brian Aldiss' Starship ; World Reduction In Le Guin ; Progress Versus Utopia, Or, Can We Imagine The Future? ; Science Fiction As A Spatial Genre: Vonda Mcintyre's The Exile Waiting ; The Space Of Science Fiction: Narrative In Van Vogt ; Longevity As Class Struggle ; Philip K. Dick, In Memoriam ; After Armageddon: Character Systems In Dr. Bloodmoney ; History And Salvation In Philip K. Dick ; Fear And Loathing In Globalization ; If I Can Find One Good City, I Will Spare The Man: Realism And Utopia In Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. Fredric Jameson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World, and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Future, Jameson's most substantial work since Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, investigates the development of this form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post-Communist age.The relationship between utopia and science fiction is explored through the representations of otherness - alien life and alien worlds - and a study of the works of Philip K. Dick, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson, Brian Aldiss, Kim Stanley Robinson and others. Jameson's essential essays, including "The Desire Called Utopia," conclude with an examination of the opposing positions on utopia and an assessment of its political value today.Archaeologies of the Future is the latest volume, after Postmodernism and A Singular Modernity, of Jameson's projected six-volume series on the Poetics of Social Forms. "In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World, and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Future, Jameson's most substantial work since Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, investigates the development of this form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post-Communist age. The relationship between utopia and science fiction is explored through the representations of otherness ... alien life and alien worlds ... and a study of the works of Philip K. Dick, Ursula LeGuin, William Gibson, Brian Aldiss, Kim Stanley Robinson and more. Jameson's essential essays, including "The Desire Called Utopia," conclude with an examination of the opposing positions on utopia and an assessment of its political value today."--Publisher's description In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful? Archaeologies of the Future , Jamesons most substantial work since Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism , investigates the development of this form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post-Communist age. The relationship between utopia and science fiction is explored through the representations of otherness - alien life and alien worlds - and a study of the works of Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. LeGuin, William Gibson, Brian Aldiss, Kim Stanley Robinson, and more. Jamesons essential essays, including The Desire Called Utopia, conclude with an examination of the opposing positions on utopia and an assessment of its political value today. **In an age of globalization characterized by the dizzying technologies of the First World, and the social disintegration of the Third, is the concept of utopia still meaningful?**__Archaeologies of the Future____Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism____Archaeologies of the Future____Postmodernism____A Singular Modernity,__ 'Archaeologies of the Future' investigates the development of the utopian form since Thomas More, and interrogates the functions of utopian thinking in a post-Communist age