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The Happy Place That Exists Nowhere

Storey, John (2020) The Happy Place That Exists Nowhere. Critical Survey, 32 (3). pp. 33-44. ISSN 1752-2293

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Contrary to dominant debates about Utopia, I do not think it matters whether Thomas More actually believed that ‘communism’ was the solution to social inequality and injustice; what I think is important is that the book raises the question of a different type of society. As I argue in the second part of my article, the power of Utopia, like all radical utopianism, derives not from the production of blueprints; rather, it comes from the stimulation of desire for a ‘happy place’, which can reflect negatively on, and produce discontent within, the here and now. Understood in this way, radical utopianism offers a form of resistance to dominant constructions of reality and our complicity, conscious and unconscious, with them.

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Additional Information: ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router ** History: ppub 01-09-2020; issued 01-09-2020.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Literature and Literary Theory, Cultural Studies
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Item ID: 12356
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3167/cs.2020.320304
ISSN: 1752-2293
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/12356
Official URL: https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/cri...

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Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2020 15:04
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2020 10:01

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Author: John Storey

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Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries > School of Media and Communications

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