Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism

This book suggests that escapism - the desire to leave one's physical or emotional circumstances for an ideal alternative - is a way to understand the social conflicts that structure our world, and thus a feature that must be understood in order to create social change.

Autorentext

Greg Sharzer is Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada, and author of No Local: Why Small-Scale Alternatives Won't Change The World.

Klappentext

This book suggests that escapism - the desire to leave one's physical or emotional circumstances for an ideal alternative - is a way to understand the social conflicts that structure our world, and thus a feature that must be understood in order to create social change.

Zusammenfassung
This book suggests that escapism the desire to leave one's physical or emotional circumstances for an ideal alternative is a way to understand the social conflicts that structure our world, and thus a feature that must be understood in order to create social change.

Inhalt

1. What is Escapism? 2. Escapism and Negative Humanism 3. Work and Protective Escapism 4. Dystopias and Utopias 5. The Uses of Escapism