Work, Love, and Learning in Utopia breathes new life into the age-old human preoccupation with how to create a happier society. With a fascinating mix of research from cross-cultural psychology, macro history, and evolutionary biology, the book gives new credibility to the advocacy of radical equality. The author, a psychological anthropologist, argues that the negative emotions of sadness, anger, and fear evolved in tandem with hierarchy, while happiness evolved separately and in connection to prosociality and compassion. The book covers a wide range of human concerns, from economics and education, to media and communication, to gender and sexuality. It breaks new boundaries with its scope, arguing that equality of love is as important and possible as is economic equality. Its argument is provocative yet practical, and each chapter ends with concrete proposals that invite dialogue with any student of policy. Written in an easily accessible style, this book will appeal to anyone who has ever puzzled over how our social world could be remade. In particular, it will be very useful to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, and psychology.

This John Dewey collection is formatted to the highest digital standards. The edition incorporates an interactive table of contents, footnotes and other information relevant to the content which makes the reading experience meticulously organized and enjoyable. The collection contains: Books on Education Democracy and Education Child and the Curriculum School and Society Schools Of To-morrow The Schools of Utopia Moral Principles in Education Interest and Effort in Education Health and Sex in Higher Education My Pedagogic Creed Books on Philosophy German Philosophy and Politics Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding Studies in Logical Theory Interpretation of Savage Mind Ethics The Problem of Values Soul and Body Logical Conditions of a Scientific Treatment of Morality Evolutionary Method As Applied To Morality Influence of Darwin on Philosophy Nature and Its Good: A conversation Intelligence and Morals Experimental Theory of Knowledge Intellectualist Criterion for Truth A Short Catechism Concerning Truth Beliefs and Existences Experience and Objective Idealism The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism "Consciousness" and Experience Significance of the Problem of Knowledge Essays in Experimental Logic Reconstruction in Philosophy Does Reality Possess Practical Character? Books on Psychology Psychology and Social Practice Psychological Doctrine and Philosophical Teaching Psychology as Philosophic Method New Psychology How We Think Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology Psychology of Effort Creative Intelligence Ego as Cause Terms 'Conscious' and 'Consciousness' On Some Current Conceptions of the term 'Self' Psychological Standpoint Theory of Emotion Psychology of Infant Language Knowledge and Speech Reaction Human Nature and Conduct Books on Politics China, Japan and the U.S.A Letters Criticisms ... John Dewey (1859-1952) is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the founders of functional psychology.

A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The term was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia, which dominates the fictional literature. Dystopian fiction (sometimes combined with, but distinct from, apocalyptic fiction) offers the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos. This book contents: The Republic by Plato Utopia by Thomas More The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon Looking Backward: 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift The Iron Heel by Jack London We by Evgeny Zamyatin Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Animal Farm by George Orwell

Reappraising ideas associated with Ernst Bloch, Roland Barthes and Gaston Bachelard within the context of a utopian pedagogy, Hope, Utopia and Creativity in Higher Education reframes the transformative, creative and collaborative potential of education offering new concepts, tactics and pedagogical possibilities. Craig A. Hammond explores ways of analysing and democratising not only pedagogical conception, knowledge and delivery, but also the learning experience, and processes of negotiation and peer-assessment. Hammond shows how the incorporation of already existent learner hopes, daydreams, and creative possibilities can open up new opportunities for thinking about popular culture and memory, learning and knowledge, and collaborative communities of support. Drawing together theoretical and cultural material in a teaching and learning environment of empowerment, Hammond illustrates that formative articulations of alternative, utopian futures, across sociological, humanities, and education studies subjects and curricula, becomes possible.

This book, with its attention to literature and the visual arts as well as traditional non-fiction sources, provides a distinctive, wide-ranging exploration of utopia and education. Utopia is examined not as a model of social perfection but as an active, ongoing, imaginative ...

This Fall 2005/Spring 2006 (IV, 1&2) double-issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge demonstrates the extent to which liberatory practices in scholarly journal peer reviewing can provide new channels for communicating and sharing subaltern on- and off-campus voices in formal academic publications as important scholarships of learning. “Editor’s Note: Peer Reviewing the Peer Review Process,” “Rules of the Game: Finding My Place in a Racialized World,” “In Digestion: Processing Self in a Cycle of Consumption,” “From Laundry to Social Justice to Counseling: Redefining Work as Synonymous to Life,” “Accepting Myself: Negotiating Self-Esteem and Conformity in Light of Sociological Theories,” “An Unusual Immigration Tale: Why I Am Miserable in the Land of Opportunity,” “Transracial Adoption and Sociological Theory: Understanding My Identity,” “Why Am I Watching This?,” “To Be or Not to Be…Thin: Sociological Reflections on the Price I Paid to Fit In,” “My Father, My Self: Employing a Sociological Imagination to Transcend the Imaginary in Both Self and Society,” “Coaching Myself Beyond Self-doubt: The Significance of the Subconscious Mind in the Sociological Imagination,” “Sociology of My Anger: A Single Mother’s Struggles to Survive in A Patriarchal World,” “Multicultural Literacy: Steve’s Treatment Plan,” ““Why Am I So Fat?”: A Study of the Interrelationship Between Poor Body Image and Social Anxiety,” “Growing Up African-American, Christian, and Female: The Dichotomies of My Life,” “Making a Home, Building a Family: Traditions, Boundaries, and Virtues,” “Altruism or Guilt: Applying My Sociological Imagination to Choosing a Helping Profession,” “Not Just a Wave, But Part of the Ocean: Examining My Small Town Roots,” “Women of Color and TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families): Issues, Barriers, and Hindrances,” “Private Sociologies and Burawoy’s Sociology Types: Reflections on Newtonian and Quantal Sociological Imaginations,” “Ode to Mortar and Bricks,” “The Case of Maria and Me: Diagnosing the Ills of Western Psychiatry,” “Regression in the Service of Transcendence: Reading Michael Washburn,” “From Blocks to Bridges,” “The Struggle for Identity: Issues and Debates in the Emerging Specialty of American Psychiatry from the Late 19th Century to Post-WWII.” Contributors include: James Barrett, Jennifer Maniates, Caitlin Farren, Sheerin Hosseini, T. Portal, Elena VanderMolen, Kristen Slavin, Kristin White, Sean Conroy, Christine Berry, Jennifer Pike, Noah Youngstrom, Jessica Haley, Kemba Gray, Verena-Cathérine Niederhöfer, Elizabeth McCauley, Jennie Porter, Asjah Monroe, Shoshana Lev, Rachel Lev, Arie Kupferwasser, Kristen Ellard, and Mohammad H. Tamdgidi (also as journal editor-in-chief).Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge is a publication of OKCIR: The Omar Khayyam Center for Integrative Research in Utopia, Mysticism, and Science (Utopystics). For more information about OKCIR and other issues in its journal’s Edited Collection as well as Monograph and Translation series visit OKCIR’s homepage.

To what extent are our most romantic moments determined by the portrayal of love in film and on TV? Is a walk on a moonlit beach a moment of perfect romance or simply a simulation of the familiar ideal seen again and again on billboards and movie screens? In her unique study of American love in the twentieth century, Eva Illouz unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of "true" love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. Illouz studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of clichés and images she calls the "Romantic Utopia." This utopia lives in the collective imagination of the nation and is built on images that unite amorous and economic activities in the rituals of dating, lovemaking, and marriage. Since the early 1900s, advertisers have tied the purchase of beauty products, sports cars, diet drinks, and snack foods to success in love and happiness. Illouz reveals that, ultimately, every cliché of romance—from an intimate dinner to a dozen red roses—is constructed by advertising and media images that preach a democratic ethos of consumption: material goods and happiness are available to all. Engaging and witty, Illouz's study begins with readings of ads, songs, films, and other public representations of romance and concludes with individual interviews in order to analyze the ways in which mass messages are internalized. Combining extensive historical research, interviews, and postmodern social theory, Illouz brings an impressive scholarship to her fascinating portrait of love in America.

Set in backwoods British Columbia, Charlie Utopia is a cautionary tale with a redeeming outcome—a novel about loss and freedom, acceptance and self-discovery. Chasing Utopia—from community, to relationship, to success itself—Charlie loses all, then finds himself torn between two new loves. Does he need to heal first in order to love, or does he need love in order to heal?

This book examines the contemporary era where parents complain that children today don't do their homework because they are distracted by the Internet, texting, and video games. Texting Toward Utopia presents the writings of todays children and develops the argument that this is actually a time of mass literary, in which young people write furiously, albeit often below the adult radar. Agger argues that where texting replaces textbooks, the writing may be emoticon-laden, slangy, or terse, but it is still profound, as children (and their parents) engage in resistance and write for a better world. This book is a guide to understanding the meeting point between a new generation of children and new communication technologies.

The idea of Utopia springs from a natural desire of transformation, of evolution pertaining to humankind and, therefore, one can find expressions of “utopian” desire in every civilization. Having to do explicitly with human condition, Utopia accompanies closely cultural evolution, almost as a symbiotic organism. Maintaining its roots deeply attached to ancient myths, utopian expression followed, and sometimes preceded cultural transformation. Through the next almost five hundred pages (virtually one for each year since Utopia was published) researchers in the fields of Architecture and Urbanism, Arts and Humanities present the results of their studies within the different areas of expertise under the umbrella of Utopia. Past, present, and future come together in one book. They do not offer their readers any golden key. Many questions will remain unanswered, as they should. The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities - UTOPIA(S) WORLDS AND FRONTIERS OF THE IMAGINARY were compiled with the intent to establish a platform for the presentation, interaction and dissemination of researches. It aims also to foster the awareness and discussion on the topics of Harmony and Proportion with a focus on different utopian visions and readings relevant to the arts, sciences and humanities and their importance and benefits for the community at large.