More After More. Essays Commemorating the Five Hundredth Anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia
More After More. Essays Commemorating the Five Hundredth Anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia
Contributor(s): Ksenia Olkusz (Editor), Michał Kłosiński (Editor), Krzysztof M. Maj (Editor)
Subject(s): Anthropology, Studies of Literature, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political Theory, Politics and religion, Politics and society, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
Keywords: utopia;utopia and dystopia;utopia and heterotopia;dystopia;dystopian fiction;utopian / dystopian fiction;utopian city;utopian and dystopian fiction;utopian genre;utopian concepts of the state;dystopian discourse;dystopian society;
Summary/Abstract: The book "More Afer More. Essays Commemorating the Five-Hundredth Anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia" is the first volume of Facta Ficta Research Centre’s in Kraków series "Frontiers of Nowhere", published in co-operation with Villa Decius Association as a part of the world-wide research initiative Utopia 500 to celebrate five hundred years since the publication of sir Thomas More’s De Optimo Reipublicæ Statu Deque Nova Insula Utopia Libellus Vere Aureus, Nec Minus Salutaris Quam Festivus in 1516.
From the introduction by Gregory Claeys: The twenty-six essays which compose this collection cover a substantial range of both historical and theoretical themes, indicating at the least that the utopian idea thrives today across a number of disciplines as well as in domains (like computer games) which are themselves of recent origin and which indicate that utopia can also be addressed as an aspect of the internal psychic fantasy world. There is some consideration here of the lengthy and complex historical relationship between utopian ideals and religion. There is some effort to reconsider practical efforts to found actual communities which embody utopian ideals. Several authors revisit the emotional substrata of utopian aspiration rendered accessible through music in particular. Literature is here nonetheless the chief focus, in keeping with the form of Thomas More’s original text and that of the tradition which has imitated and satirised it. The themes represented here mirror in literary form the dystopian dri in the external world discussed above. Many of the leading authors of post-totalitarian dystopian fiction are included here, notably (to name but a few) Margaret Atwood, James Graham Ballard, Robert A. Heinlein, David Foster Wallace and, most recently, Michel Houellebecq. Within these treatments, the possibilities are explored that dystopia may emerge from or assume the form of racist regimes, environmental destruction, corporate dictatorship, or religious fundamentalism, or some combination of these factors. Such poten-tial outcomes of modernity need, the authors of this volume also assure us, to be balanced against the utopian promise which bodily remodelling entertains, and the possibility of longevity which scientific and technical advances enca-psulate as the epitome of modern individualist utopianism.
Series: Frontiers of Nowhere
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-942923-4-8
- Page Count: 430
- Publication Year: 2016
- Language: English
Utopia at 500
Utopia at 500
(Utopia at 500)
- Author(s):Gregory Claeys
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Social Philosophy, Political Theory, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:14-23
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:utopia;utopia and dystopia;utopian studies;dystopian studies;utopianism;
Evantropia and Dysantropia
Evantropia and Dysantropia
(Evantropia and Dysantropia)
- Author(s):Lucas E. Misseri
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Theory, Political Sciences
- Page Range:24-40
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:utopia;utopia and dystopia;evantropia;dysantropia;transhumanism;human enhancement;
The Facets of “Universal Religion”
The Facets of “Universal Religion”
(The Facets of “Universal Religion”)
- Author(s):Tomasz Szymański
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Political Sciences
- Page Range:41-52
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:utopia;utopianism;universal religion;positivism;humanitarianism;France;nineteenth-century French thought
Twenty-first Century Critical Dystopias
Twenty-first Century Critical Dystopias
(Twenty-first Century Critical Dystopias)
- Author(s):Peter G. Stillman
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Social Philosophy, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:53-70
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:utopia;utopia and dystopia;dystopian fiction;post-apocalypse;genetic modification;Margaret Atwood;Paolo Bacigalupi;Cormac McCarthy;
Deconstructing Utopia
Deconstructing Utopia
(Deconstructing Utopia)
- Author(s):Krzysztof M. Maj
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:74-88
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:utopia;utopia and dystopia;dystopia;world-building;feminist anthropology;deconstruction;logocentrism;father of logos; lord of logos
Micro-dystopias as Socio-political Constructs in Post-apocalyptic Narratives
Micro-dystopias as Socio-political Constructs in Post-apocalyptic Narratives
(Micro-dystopias as Socio-political Constructs in Post-apocalyptic Narratives)
- Author(s):Ksenia Olkusz
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Visual Arts, Social Philosophy, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:90-102
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:dystopia;dystopian fiction;microdystopia;post-apocalypse;post-apocalyptic fiction;
Boredom and Melancholy in Utopias and Dystopias
Boredom and Melancholy in Utopias and Dystopias
(Boredom and Melancholy in Utopias and Dystopias)
- Author(s):Mariusz Finkielsztein
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Page Range:99-112
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:boredom;boredom studies;melancholy;utopia;utopianism;
Creating Utopian or Dystopian Worlds in Digital Games
Creating Utopian or Dystopian Worlds in Digital Games
(Creating Utopian or Dystopian Worlds in Digital Games)
- Author(s):Miłosz Markocki
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Social Sciences, Media studies, Visual Arts, Political Philosophy
- Page Range:118-133
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:video games;game studies;utopia;utopian studies;gameworld
SimCity: Where the City Ends
SimCity: Where the City Ends
(SimCity: Where the City Ends)
- Author(s):Michał Kłosiński
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Social Sciences, Media studies, Visual Arts, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:114-126
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:video game;video game studies;game studies;utopianism;utopian studies;neoliberalism;economy;
“Building the Future and Keeping the Past Alive Are One and the Same Thing”
“Building the Future and Keeping the Past Alive Are One and the Same Thing”
(“Building the Future and Keeping the Past Alive Are One and the Same Thing”)
- Author(s):Sven Dwulecki
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Media studies, Visual Arts, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Page Range:148-170
- No. of Pages:23
- Keywords:game studies;utopia;dystopia;Metal Gear Solid;procedural rhetoric;
Digging the Trench
Digging the Trench
(Digging the Trench)
- Author(s):Verena Adamik
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:127-142
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:utopia;utopian fiction;utopianism;intentional communities;Gilbert Imlay;Nathaniel Hawthorne;Edan Lepucki;The Bilthedale Romance
Classical Utopian Model
Classical Utopian Model
(Classical Utopian Model)
- Author(s):Rafał Szczerbakiewicz
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:143-164
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:Jan Parandowski;utopianism;classical studies;melancholy;myth;
Parodies of Authority in the Soviet Anti-utopias from 1918-1930
Parodies of Authority in the Soviet Anti-utopias from 1918-1930
(Parodies of Authority in the Soviet Anti-utopias from 1918-1930)
- Author(s):Andrzej Dróżdż
- Language:English
- Subject(s):History, Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Theory of Literature
- Page Range:210-223
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:utopia and dystopia;dystopian fiction;communism;Russian literature;soviet propaganda;
The Analysis of the Element of Space in Negative Utopias by Antoni Lange, Jan Dobraczyński & Vladímir Páral
The Analysis of the Element of Space in Negative Utopias by Antoni Lange, Jan Dobraczyński & Vladímir Páral
(The Analysis of the Element of Space in Negative Utopias by Antoni Lange, Jan Dobraczyński & Vladímir Páral)
- Author(s):Aleksandra Paluch
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:166-179
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:utopia;utopia and dystopia;Polish literature;Czech literature;hermeneutics;space;topography
Libertarian Utopia and Racist Dystopia
Libertarian Utopia and Racist Dystopia
(Libertarian Utopia and Racist Dystopia)
- Author(s):Piotr Stasiewicz
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language studies, Studies of Literature, Social Philosophy, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:180-193
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:utopian studies;utopia and dystopia;libertarianism;racism;science fiction;American science fiction;Robert Heinlein;
No Light Without Shadow
No Light Without Shadow
(No Light Without Shadow)
- Author(s):Anna De Vaul
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:194-206
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:utopia;utopia and dystopia;dystopian fiction;American science fiction;science fiction;Margaret Atwood
Senescence in Young Adult Dystopias
Senescence in Young Adult Dystopias
(Senescence in Young Adult Dystopias)
- Author(s):Anna Bugajska
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:207-220
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:dystopia;dystopian studies;ageing;transhumanism;young adult fiction;young adult dystopia;
Modern Wastelands
Modern Wastelands
(Modern Wastelands)
- Author(s):Marcin Tereszewski
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:280-292
- No. of Pages:13
The Use of Multimodal Narrative Techniques in Creating Dystopian Undertones Permeating David Foster Wallace’s Short Fiction
The Use of Multimodal Narrative Techniques in Creating Dystopian Undertones Permeating David Foster Wallace’s Short Fiction
(The Use of Multimodal Narrative Techniques in Creating Dystopian Undertones Permeating David Foster Wallace’s Short Fiction)
- Author(s):Maja Wojdyło
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:294-309
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:utopian studies;dystopia;dystopian fiction;David Foster Wallace;multimodality;multimodal narratology;narrative studies;
A Utopian, a Martyr or a Fool
A Utopian, a Martyr or a Fool
(A Utopian, a Martyr or a Fool)
- Author(s):Barbara Klonowska
- Language:English
- Subject(s):History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:310-320
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:utopia;utopian studies;Thomas More;Hilary Mantel;Fred Zinnemann
The Pelagian Roots of Utopia
The Pelagian Roots of Utopia
(The Pelagian Roots of Utopia)
- Author(s):Anna Boguska
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Social Philosophy, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:323-336
- No. of Pages:15
- Keywords:utopia;utopia and dystopia;utopian studies;Croatian literature;Croatian contemporary fiction;utopianism;Pavao Pavličić;Vladan Desnica
The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles
(The Elementary Particles)
- Author(s):Michał Palmowski
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:338-351
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:utopia;utopian studies;dystopia;utopianism;Michel Houellebecq;Aldous Huxley;Brave New World;Elementary Particles
The Unusual Dystopia of “Never Let Me Go” (2010)
The Unusual Dystopia of “Never Let Me Go” (2010)
(The Unusual Dystopia of “Never Let Me Go” (2010))
- Author(s):Eleni Varmazi
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Visual Arts, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Page Range:352-363
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:utopia;utopian studies;dystopia;dystopian studies;utopia and dystopia;science fiction;hybridity
“Transmetropolitan”. Dystopia, Hyperbole, and the Superhero
“Transmetropolitan”. Dystopia, Hyperbole, and the Superhero
(“Transmetropolitan”. Dystopia, Hyperbole, and the Superhero)
- Author(s):Justyna Galant
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Visual Arts, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Page Range:364-374
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:dystopia;dystopian studies;comic books;comics;carnivalesque;Mikhail Bakhtin
Liberation, Redemption, Autonomy
Liberation, Redemption, Autonomy
(Liberation, Redemption, Autonomy)
- Author(s):Marcello Messina
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Music, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Page Range:376-392
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:utopia;utopianism;dystopia;utopian studies;postcolonial theory;postcolonialism;post-Italian;popular music;autonomy;liberation
Arnold Schoenberg’s Dodecaphonic Method as a Representation of an Artistic Utopia
Arnold Schoenberg’s Dodecaphonic Method as a Representation of an Artistic Utopia
(Arnold Schoenberg’s Dodecaphonic Method as a Representation of an Artistic Utopia)
- Author(s):Iwona Sowińska-Fruhtrunk
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Music, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Page Range:394-405
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:utopian studies;utopianism;Arnold Schoenberg;Ernst Bloch;dodecaphony;music;musicology
Space Utopia in the 1970s of the Twentieth Century on the Basis of the Kobaïan World
Space Utopia in the 1970s of the Twentieth Century on the Basis of the Kobaïan World
(Space Utopia in the 1970s of the Twentieth Century on the Basis of the Kobaïan World)
- Author(s):Łukasz Stec
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Philosophy, Music, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy
- Page Range:406-419
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:utopia;utopian studies;music;musicology;Magma;Christian Vander;Kobaïa