Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West
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Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West is a critical theoretical study by Susan Buck-Morss that examines the rise and collapse of 20th-century mass utopian projects in both capitalist and socialist societies.
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| Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West canonical | 1 |
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book
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critical theory study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
comparative politics
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cultural studies ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Susan Buck-Morss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compares |
capitalist societies
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socialist societies ⓘ |
| concerns |
end of the Cold War
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late capitalism ⓘ post-socialist transition ⓘ |
| examines |
ideology
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mass culture ⓘ political symbolism ⓘ state power ⓘ technology and modernity ⓘ urban space ⓘ visual culture ⓘ |
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collapse of mass utopian projects
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rise of mass utopian projects ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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intellectual history ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | comparative East–West analysis ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
20th century history
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Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ aesthetics ⓘ capitalism ⓘ mass utopian projects ⓘ modernity ⓘ political imagination ⓘ socialism ⓘ utopia ⓘ |
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analysis of mass utopia in both capitalist and socialist contexts
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integration of visual and political analysis ⓘ reinterpretation of Cold War ideological divisions ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Dialectics of Seeing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
Marxist theory
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Walter Benjamin scholarship ⓘ critical theory ⓘ |
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Susan Buck-Morss
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Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West
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