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| Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher | : Turtleback Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Anarchism |
| ISBN | : 9780785764038 |
A brilliant physicist attempts to salvage his planet of anarchy.
| Author | : Laurence Davis |
| Publisher | : Lexington Books |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2005-11-22 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0739158201 |
The Dispossessed has been described by political thinker Andre Gorz as 'The most striking description I know of the seductions—and snares—of self-managed communist or, in other words, anarchist society.' To date, however, the radical social, cultural, and political ramifications of Le Guin's multiple award-winning novel remain woefully under explored. Editors Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman right this state of affairs in the first ever collection of original essays devoted to Le Guin's novel. Among the topics covered in this wide-ranging, international and interdisciplinary collection are the anarchist, ecological, post-consumerist, temporal, revolutionary, and open-ended utopian politics of The Dispossessed. The book concludes with an essay by Le Guin written specially for this volume, in which she reassesses the novel in light of the development of her own thinking over the past 30 years.
| Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2017-02-14 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0062470981 |
“Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a philosopher; an explorer in the landscapes of the mind.” – Cincinnati Enquirer The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her spare, elegant prose, rich characterization, and diverse worlds. "The Day Before the Revolution" is a short story originally published in the collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters.
| Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher | : Gateway |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2015-09-30 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1473206065 |
One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle 'A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again' THE TIMES 'The book I wish I had written ... It's so far away from my own imagination, I'd love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin' Roddy Doyle 'Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power' OBSERVER 'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...' Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty and tolerance. Initially feted, Shevek soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game. With powerful themes of freedom, society and the natural world's influence on competition and co-operation, THE DISPOSSESSED is a true classic of the 20th century.
| Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher | : Follettbound |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2003-09-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780329783068 |
| Author | : Lewis Call |
| Publisher | : Lexington Books |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780739105221 |
Delving into the anarchist writings of Nietzsche, Foucault, and Baudrillard, and exploring the cyberpunk fiction of William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, theorist Lewis Call examines the new philosophical current where anarchism meets postmodernism. This theoretical stream moves beyond anarchism's conventional attacks on capital and the state to criticize those forms of rationality, consciousness, and language that implicitly underwrite all economic and political power. Call argues that postmodernism's timely influence updates anarchism, making it relevant to the political culture of the new millennium.
| Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher | : Harper Perennial |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015-09-29 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780062421074 |
A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart. To visit Urras—to learn, to teach, to share—will require great sacrifice and risks, which Shevek willingly accepts. But the ambitious scientist's gift is soon seen as a threat, and in the profound conflict that ensues, he must reexamine his beliefs even as he ignites the fires of change.
| Author | : Mark R. Levin |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2012-01-17 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1439173281 |
In his acclaimed #1 New York Times bestseller, Mark R. Levin explores the psychology, motivations, and history of the utopian movement, its architects—the Founding Fathers, and its modern-day disciples—and how the individual and American society are being devoured by it. Levin asks, what is this utopian force that both allures a free people and destroys them? Levin digs deep into the past and draws astoundingly relevant parallels to contemporary America from Plato’s Republic, Thomas More’s Utopia, Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, and Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto, as well as from the critical works of John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, Alexis de Tocqueville, and other philosophical pioneers who brilliantly diagnosed the nature of man and government. As Levin meticulously pursues his subject, the reader joins him in an enlightening and compelling journey. And in the end, Levin’s message is clear: the American republic is in great peril. The people must now choose between utopianism or liberty. President Ronald Reagan warned, “freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” Levin agrees, and with Ameritopia, delivers another modern political classic, an indispensable guide for America in our time and in the future.
| Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher | : Burns & Oates |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1994-07 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780006547891 |
Frequently reissued with the same ISBN, but with slightly differing bibliographical details.
| Author | : Corinn Gerber |
| Publisher | : Passenger Books |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2015-07-01 |
| Genre | : Artists' books |
| ISBN | : 9783940215161 |
