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Author Allen, Jennifer L., 1984- author.

Title Sustainable utopias : the art and politics of hope in Germany / Jennifer L. Allen
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations
Contents Part I. New geographies of cultural engagement: The rise of the spatial interventionists -- A workshop of "history from below" -- Green culture -- Part II. The pursuit of a sustainable alternative: A sustainable cultural politics -- A sustainable historical practice -- A sustainable aesthetics -- Conclusion: The fate of sustainable utopia
Summary "Jennifer Allen details a German utopian movement that arose against capitalist triumphalism at the end of the Cold War. Describing public art and history projects, alongside novel community-centered political institutions, Allen shows how activists invited ordinary people to build a radically new society free from alienation and disenfranchisement"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 19, 2022)
Subject Grünen (Political party)
Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt.
Grünen (Political party)
Green movement -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Utopias -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Utopias in art.
Art -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Political participation -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Sustainability -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Art -- Political aspects
Green movement
Political participation
Sustainability
Utopias in art
Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0674276205
9780674276208