We Hear Only Ourselves

Download or read book We Hear Only Ourselves written by Bill Cashmore and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Hear Only Ourselves is a study of utopia and its contradictions. If a future beyond capitalism cannot be imagined, what is the place of utopia today? The answer, Cashmore argues, lies beyond either idle speculation or merely hopeful optimism. We Hear Only Ourselves seeks a concept of utopia which is strengthened, not undermined, by its contradictions. From the dialectics of the Frankfurt School to the energetics of resistance in the writings of the Black Panthers, this book draws on a wide range of thought to offer a new concept of utopia, one adequate for our present moment.