{"product_id":"dream-re-imagining-progressive-politics-in-an-age-of-fantasy","title":"Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom an acclaimed, original observer of media and culture: how we can draw upon popular fantasies to create an alternative politics through imagination and spectacle—a twenty-first-century manifesto for the left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do Paris Hilton, Grand Theft Auto, Las Vegas, and a McDonald's commercial have in common with progressive politics? Not much. And, as Stephen Duncombe brilliantly argues, this is part of what's wrong with progressive politics. According to Duncombe, culture—and popular fantasy—can help us define and actualize a new political aesthetic: a kind of dreampolitik, created not simply to further existing progressive political agendas but help us imagine new ones.Dream makes the case for a political strategy that embraces a new set of tools. Although fantasy and spectacle have become the lingua franca of our time, Duncombe points out that liberals continue to depend upon sober reason to guide them. Instead, they need to learn how to communicate in today's spectacular vernacularÐnot merely as a tactic but as a new way of thinking about and acting out politics. Learning from Las Vegas, however, does not mean adopting its values, as Duncombe demonstrates in outlining plans for what he calls \"ethical spectacle.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electrifying new vision of progressive politics by a lifelong political activist and thinker, Dream is a twenty-first-century manifesto for the left, reclaiming the tools of hidden persuaders in the name of spectacular change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, PROGRESSIVISM (UNITED STATES POLITICS)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781595580498\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £5.33","offer_id":47916640174257,"sku":"SB-1595580492-C2","price":5.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1595580492.jpg?v=1789269562","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/dream-re-imagining-progressive-politics-in-an-age-of-fantasy","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}