{"product_id":"picture-imperfect-9780231128957","title":"Picture Imperfect","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtopianism 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 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","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400213111127,"sku":"9780231128957","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231128957.jpg?v=1730470079","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/picture-imperfect-9780231128957","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}