- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Zed Books Ltd (28 Mar 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 184277333X
- ISBN-13: 978-1842773338
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 415,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Dictionary of Alternatives reveals a splendidly rich and dazzling array of other possibilities, other dreams, other truths and other worlds. At a time when so much intellectual discourse is slavishly conformist, this book dares to be different. Christopher Grey, University of Cambridge
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'There is no alternative to free market liberalism and managerialism', is the orthodoxy of the twenty-first century. Ordinary people across the world are being told that the problem of organization is already solved, that it is being solved somewhere else, or that they have no choices. Using hundreds of entries and cross-references, this dictionary contests this view by highlighting the many alternative ways of organizing ourselves, which could be expressed as fictional utopias, excavated from the past, or described in terms of the contemporary politics of anti-corporate protest, environmentalism, feminism and localism. Part reference work, part source book, and part polemic, this dictionary provides a rich understanding of the ways in which fiction, history and today's politics provide different ways of thinking about how we can and should organize for the new century.
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This is not just a dictionary but a rich source book and a work of genuine scholarship made accessible to the non-scholar, with items explained without bias but with real erudition and expertise.
It is written from an alternative perspective. That is, alternative to the currently dominant free market capitalist ideology with its emphasis on maximising the wealth of the wealthy and ignoring all else, including injustice and inequity, the poor, the community, and the planet. The dictionary of alternatives is a selection of items, around 1300 of them identified in the index, chosen for their significance in provoking or destroying a more utopian past, present or future. The selection is obviously biased, but the entries are not, being scholarly examinations of relevant places, people and ideas and their contributions to organisations and the societies in which they operate.
It has huge relevance for a wide variety of users, interested in the history, politics, economics and theory of organisations and their impact on the world we live in. It also provides an invaluable guide to further reading, listing some 140 sources divided into useful subject areas.
It is written from an alternative perspective. That is, alternative to the currently dominant free market capitalist ideology with its emphasis on maximising the wealth of the wealthy and ignoring all else, including injustice and inequity, the poor, the community, and the planet. The dictionary of alternatives is a selection of items, around 1300 of them identified in the index, chosen for their significance in provoking or destroying a more utopian past, present or future. The selection is obviously biased, but the entries are not, being scholarly examinations of relevant places, people and ideas and their contributions to organisations and the societies in which they operate.
It has huge relevance for a wide variety of users, interested in the history, politics, economics and theory of organisations and their impact on the world we live in. It also provides an invaluable guide to further reading, listing some 140 sources divided into useful subject areas.
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A Historical Reference of Utopian Thought and Action in the Global North
11 Sep 2011
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This is a fascinating reference of utopian thought and action throughout history in the Global North.
I highly recommend it.
I highly recommend it.
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