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Book SynopsisUtopianism suffers from an image problem: a recent exhibition on utopias in Paris and New York included photographs of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and a Nazi concentration camp. This work examines the anti-utopian mindset and identifies how utopian thought came to be regarded with suspicion.
Trade ReviewIn four beautifully crafted, highly allusive essays, Jacoby excavates a plethora of utopian movements...with the aim of getting readers to dream of a better world. Publishers Weekly Like all of Russell Jacoby's books, Picture Imperfect is a timely, passionate, bravely unfashionable intervention... this is a book to be treasured. -- Terry Eagleton Nation A timely collection of essays...Essential. Tikkun In Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age Jacoby... asks the big, subversive questions. -- Michael Hirsch Dissident Voice Jacoby offers a provocative, concise, and well-researched book-length essay about traditional utopian thinking... Recommended. Choice By attuning our ears to the distant murmur, Russell Jacoby has performed an invaluable service in Picture Imperfect. -- Douglas W. Texter H-Net Reviews
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. An Anarchic Breeze 2. On Anti-Utopianism: More or Less 3. To Shake the World off Its Hinges 4. A Longing That Cannot Be Uttered Epilogue Notes Index
