The Politics of the (im)possible Utopia and Dystopia Reconsidered

includes index and biblioraphy

PART I Utopia and Dystopia: Debates and Resonances 2. Utopia: Future and/or Alterity? 23 Miguel Abensour 3. Echo of an Impossible Return: An Essay Concerning Fredric Jameson`s Utopian Thought and Gathering and Hunting Social Relations 47 Peter Kulchyski 4. Radicalism in Early Modern England: Innovation or Reformation? 62 Rachel Foxley 5. Dystopia, Utopia, and Akhtaruzzaman Elias`s Novel Khowabnama 80 Subhoranjan Dasgupta 6. Palestine: Land of Utopias 95 Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun PART II Engendering Utopia and Dystopia 7. `One Darling Though Terrific Theme`: Anna Wheeler and the Rights of Women Theresa Moriarty 109 8. A Parliament of Women: Dystopia in Nineteenth-century Bengali Imagination 123 Samita Sen 9. `Empire Builder`: A Utopian Alternative to Citizenship for Early-twentieth-century British `Ladies` 147 Marline Spensky 10. Ladylands and Sacrificial Holes: Utopias and Dystopias in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain`s Writings 166 Barnita Bagchi 11. Utopia in the Subjunctive Mood: Bessie Head`s When Rain Clouds Gather 179 Modhumita Roy 197 PART III Coda: Resistance 12. Globalization, Development, and Resistance of Utopian Dreams to the Praxis of Dystopian Utopia Marie-Claire Caloz-Tschopp