| 期刊全称 | Artistic Utopias of Revolt | | 期刊简称 | Claremont Road, Recl | | 影响因子2023 | Julia Ramírez Blanco | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | Examines expressions of utopian ideals by social activists in Western Europe since the late twentieth century.Analyses the aesthetic components of utopian space through a series of case studies.Argues | | 学科分类 | Palgrave Studies in Utopianism | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | This book analyses the aesthetic and utopian dimensions of various activist social movements in Western Europe since 1989. Through a series of case studies, it demonstrates how dreams of a better society have manifested themselves in contexts of political confrontation, and how artistic forms have provided a language to express the collective desire for social change..The study begins with the 1993 occupation of Claremont Road in east London, an attempt to prevent the demolition of homes to make room for a new motorway. In a squatted row of houses, all available space was transformed and filled with elements that were both aesthetic and defensive – so when the authorities arrived to evict the protestors, sculptures were turned into barricades. At the end of the decade, this kind of performative celebration merged with the practices of the antiglobalisation movement, where activists staged spectacular parallel events alongside the global elite’s international meetings. As this book shows, social movements try to erase the distance that separates reality and political desire, turning ordinary people into creators of utopias. Squatted houses, carnivalesque street parties, counter-summ | | Pindex | Book 2018 |
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