From "Rational Utopia" to "Will-to-Utopia". On the "Post-modern" Turn in the Recent Work of Agnes Heller

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From "Rational Utopia" to "Will-to-Utopia". On the "Post-modern" Turn in the Recent Work of Agnes Heller

Agnes Heller recently described her position as 'postmodernist', suggesting a move from a political radical to a politically liberal or 'neoconservative' position. The aim of this paper is to assess the degree to which Heller can still be regarded as a radical political thinker t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tormey, Simon
Format:	Article
Published:	1998
Subjects:	Heller postmodernism utopia politics
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29/

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