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Critical Utopia

A "Critical Utopia" is a subgenre of utopian fiction that belongs to the broader category of speculative narrative, distinguished by its self-reflexive engagement with the limitations and ideological assumptions of traditional utopian visions, often exposing contradictions within utopian ideals while striving to reinvigorate their emancipatory potential.

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1.6K

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55

Authors

28

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2017–2026

13

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Publications

48

Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination

Darren Jorgensen · Utopian Studies · 2015 · 345 citations

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The social philosophy of Jane Addams

Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 83 citations

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City Becoming World: Nancy, Lefebvre, and the Global—Urban Imagination

David J. Madden · Environment and Planning D Society and Space · 2012 · 81 citations

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Hope Abjuring Hope: On the Place of Utopia in Realist Political Theory

Mathias Thaler · Political Theory · 2017 · 59 citations · Full text

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Destabilizing the Hollywood musical: music, masculinity and mayhem

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 56 citations

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Authors

55

  1. IP
    Irina Paperno

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 69 citations

    2

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  2. MT
    Mathias Thaler

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 77 citations

    2

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  3. PM
    Peter McLaren

    Chapman University, United States

    2 publications · 46 citations

    2

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  4. JD
    Joan Delaney Grossman

    2 publications · 69 citations

    2

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  5. KW
    Kathi Weeks

    Duke University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

28

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    101 citations

  2. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  3. American University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  4. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University

    Balashikha, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    81 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  8. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 258 citations

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  2. Utopian Studies

    3 publications · 371 citations

    3

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  3. Games and Culture

    2 publications · 83 citations

    2

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  5. Television & New Media

    TVNM · 1 publications · 16 citations

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