The Post-Industrial Utopians

by Boris Frankel

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303 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1987

Reviews

[Anton Hychka · Rating 5 out of 5]

a map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing

[Malcolm · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great analysis of utopian ideals in discussions of post-industrial politics - with a criticsl focus on the German left-Green analyst Rudolph Bahro and the theorist of post-industrial politics Andre Gorz. For Antipodean readers, there is also a good analysis of the Australian social democrat Barry Jones.

I read is towards the end of the 1980s, when debates around these ideas were running around the Left; in a sense they have resurfaced in the post-crash, era of Occupy. One of the reasons it still has legs despiteall the changes of the last 25 years is that Frankel keeps a close eye not only on the big picture but on the real and prsctical politics of social struggles and ideal goals in areas such as social welfare and unemployment, technological developments and the like. Many of the specifics have certainly dated; the model of analysis merits further consideration.

[John]

Great examination of Rudolph Bahro and Andre Gorz, presenting sympathetic examinations of the post-industrial oriented thought of the New Left.