Dreamworld and Catastrophe
The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3983754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Wernick, Susan Buck‐mor, Susan Buck‐Morss |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Pages | 336 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Dreamworld and catastrophe: The passing of mass utopia in East and West, Susan Buck-Mor, 2000 |
| Venue | Labour / Le Travail (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0700-3862 • E-ISSN: 1911-4842 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25149198 |
| OpenAlex | W1979050846 |
| Language | EN |
dream of the twentieth century was the construction of mass utopia. As the century closes, this dream is being left behind; the belief that industrial modernization can bring about the good society by overcoming material scarcity for all has been challenged by the disintegration of European socialism, capitalist restructuring, and ecological constraints. The larger social vision has given way to private dreams of material happiness and to political cynicism.Developing the notion of dreamworld as both a poetic description of a collective mental state and an analytical concept, Susan Buck-Morss attempts to come to terms with mass dreamworlds at the moment of their passing. She shows how dreamworlds became dangerous when their energy was used by the structures of power as an instrument of force against the masses. -- Publisher's Website
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