Martin McGrath
Welcome to my website. I intend to use this space to hold forth on things like politics, books, technology, films and anything else that interests or irritates me.
You can also use this site to see examples of some of the work I've done as journalist, writer and designer. I'm available for freelance work and my rates are competitive and negotiable for good causes.
-
Tag Archives: essay
AGAINST UTOPIA: ARTHUR C CLARKE AND THE HETEROTOPIAN IMPULSE
ABSTRACT In this essay I briefly set out the Marxist theories of utopianism espoused by the influential German philosopher Ernst Bloch and contrast the closing down of future possibilities inherent in Bloch’s notion of a realisable “concrete utopia” with the … Continue reading
Posted in academic
Tagged essay, philosophy, sf, Utopia
Comments Off on AGAINST UTOPIA: ARTHUR C CLARKE AND THE HETEROTOPIAN IMPULSE