ABSTRACT

What do we want? What do we believe to be wrong with the world? How can we best change it?
How should we live? Given the world as it is, how can we best achieve our dreams and desires?
Utopian Bodies is, quite simply, a new approach to thinking about theory. Using the dominant themes of green and feminist politics, this fascinating and original text creates a new notion of utopian thought and life - "transgressive utopianism". This new concept is not a blueprint for an ideal polity; instead it demonstrates an approach to the world that is both idealistic and pragmatic, focussing on bodies of thought in relation to bodies of people: communities. Also spanning philosophy, political theory and deconstruction, this book is especially relevant today as the millennium marks a time of resurgence in utopian studies

chapter 1|23 pages

Bodies of thought

chapter 2|25 pages

Bodies of people

chapter 3|22 pages

Publicising the private?

chapter 4|41 pages

Property

chapter 5|35 pages

Self/Other relations

chapter |3 pages

Conclusion

Utopian Bodies