Utopia, Limited: Romanticism and Adjustment

What is utopia if not a perfect impossible world? Anahid Nersessian reveals the basic misunderstanding of that ideal. Applying the lessons of art to the rigors of life on an imperiled planet, she enlists the Romantics to redefine utopia as an investment in limitation-not a perfect world but one wher...

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Main Author: Nersessian, Anahid (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2015]
Edition:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
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Summary:What is utopia if not a perfect impossible world? Anahid Nersessian reveals the basic misunderstanding of that ideal. Applying the lessons of art to the rigors of life on an imperiled planet, she enlists the Romantics to redefine utopia as an investment in limitation-not a perfect world but one where we get less than we hoped but more than we had
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (280 Seiten)
ISBN:9780674425101
DOI:10.4159/9780674425101

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