Introduction: The elusive idea of utopia

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Levitas, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desire; Ernst Bloch; Future; Irving Velody; Spatiality; Totalitarianism; Utopia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041376988     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695103016001002     Document Type: Review

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