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Utopianism and Marxism (review)

Utopianism and Marxism (review) Book Reviews Vincent Geoghegan. Utopianism and Marxism. Ralahine Utopian Studies 4. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2008. 189 pp. Paperback, isbn 978-3-03910-137-5. Conor McCarthy, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Vincent Geoghegan here reissues his useful survey Utopianism and Marxism (originally published in 1987) in an attractive new edition from Peter Lang, in the Ralahine series in utopian studies edited by Tom Moylan and Michael Griffin of the University of Limerick. Ralahine, of course, is the name of the most famous Irish experiment in utopian sociopolitical organization and an appropriate name for the series. At a time when the relevance of both Marxism and utopian vision is greater than ever, it is reassuring to see this book brought to new audiences. It is important, too, to be reminded of the historical resources of the Western tradition, in the wake specifically of the Althusserian technocracy and the more general antihumanist, poststructural- ist trend of critical theory of the last thirty years. Geoghegan importantly explodes and widens the term utopian in order to recognize conservative or even Fascist utopianism: not to endorse them, of course, but to caution us that “conservatives utopianise the present” (19). His first chapter is on the “utopian socialists”—Saint-Simon, Fourier, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Utopian Studies Penn State University Press

Utopianism and Marxism (review)

Utopian Studies , Volume 23 (2) – Nov 25, 2012

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Book Reviews Vincent Geoghegan. Utopianism and Marxism. Ralahine Utopian Studies 4. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2008. 189 pp. Paperback, isbn 978-3-03910-137-5. Conor McCarthy, National University of Ireland, Maynooth Vincent Geoghegan here reissues his useful survey Utopianism and Marxism (originally published in 1987) in an attractive new edition from Peter Lang, in the Ralahine series in utopian studies edited by Tom Moylan and Michael Griffin of the University of Limerick. Ralahine, of course, is the name of the most famous Irish experiment in utopian sociopolitical organization and an appropriate name for the series. At a time when the relevance of both Marxism and utopian vision is greater than ever, it is reassuring to see this book brought to new audiences. It is important, too, to be reminded of the historical resources of the Western tradition, in the wake specifically of the Althusserian technocracy and the more general antihumanist, poststructural- ist trend of critical theory of the last thirty years. Geoghegan importantly explodes and widens the term utopian in order to recognize conservative or even Fascist utopianism: not to endorse them, of course, but to caution us that “conservatives utopianise the present” (19). His first chapter is on the “utopian socialists”—Saint-Simon, Fourier,

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Published: Nov 25, 2012

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