Sustainable Utopias: The Art And Politics Of Hope In Germany Jennifer L Allen Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts General

To Reclaim A Sense Of Hope For The Future German Activists In Late Twentieth Century Engaged Ordinary Citizens Innovative Projects That Resisted Alienation And Disenfranchisement By Most Accounts Was Not Kind Utopian Thought Violence Two World Wars Cold War Anxieties Widespread Crisis After 1973 Global Oil Shock Appeared Doom Dreams Better Eventual Victory Capitalism Seemingly Liberal Democracy Relieved Some Fears But Exchanged Them Complacency Cynicism However West Germany Jennifer Allen Showcases Grassroots Activism 1980S 1990S Envisioned Radically Different Society Based On Community-Centered Politics—A Which Democratization Culture Power Ameliorated Impotence End-Of-History Narratives Berlin’s History Workshop Liberated Research From University Confines Providing Opportunities People Write Debate Story Nation Green Party Made Politics Direct Central Its Program Artists Changed Way Viewed Acted Public Spaces Installing Objects Unexpected Environments Including Stolpersteine: Paving Stones Embedded Residential Sidewalks Bearing Names Nazi Victims These Went Beyond Just Trafficking Ideas They Forged New Infrastructures Behaviors Gave Everyday Real Agency Their Communities Undergirding This Environmentalist Concept Sustainability Demanded Any Alternative Existing Be Both Enduring Adaptable Rigorous Inspiring Tale Action Sustainable Utopias Makes Case It Is Still Worth Believing Human Creativity Labor Citizenship Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0607 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm