Analysing Contemporary Society through Lived Utopia

Analysing Contemporary Society through Lived Utopia

Forfatter: Antje Daniel
Forlag: Bristol University Press
Udgave: 1
Udgivelsesdato: 2026
ISBN: 1529252326

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Winner of the Thomas A. Herz Prize for Qualitative Research and the Habilitation Prize.

What if utopia wasn't a distant dream, but already unfolding around us?

Focusing on South Africa, this compelling book rethinks utopia not as a fictional unreachable future, but as a lived practice – emerging in social movements and intentional communities.

Rejecting capitalism, it explores how people create alternative ways of living social orders or economies, imagining and organizing the world. Blending decolonial sociology, political sociology, utopian studies and real-world experiences, the book offers a fresh and original approach to understanding social transformation in times of crisis.

A powerful read for scholars, students and activists interested in resistance and hope for alternative futures.

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