{"product_id":"thesis-eleven-number-16-agnes-heller-modernity-democratic-utopia-edited-by-the-thesis-eleven-collective","title":"'Thesis Eleven, Number 16: Agnes Heller — Modernity \u0026 Democratic Utopia' edited by the Thesis Eleven collective","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LR5Y_W_content markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003eA 1987 issue of the Australian socialist theory journal \u003cem\u003eThesis Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e, centred substantially on the work of Hungarian philosopher Ágnes Heller.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThough Marxism was Heller, through and through, it remains open to questions that she made more generally in her later work. These questions circled human needs, freedom, happiness, rationality, plurality, modernity and the possibilities of utopian thought without political inevitability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eBeyond Heller, essays within address post-Marxist radicalism, critical theory, Australian radical nationalism, analytical Marxism and communication, alongside a review essay on Foucault’s \u003cem\u003eHistory of Sexuality\u003c\/em\u003e. There is also work engaging Laclau and Mouffe, Cornelius Castoriadis and contemporary socialist debates. It becomes a more holistic document, about how to preserve the emancipatory ambitions of Marxist thought once necessity, historical destiny and the fantasy of a single social order have become difficult to defend. A strong piece of Australian intellectual-history ephemera as much as a philosophy journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThesis Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e, Number 16, 1987. Paperback journal issue. Published in Australia. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers, with minor edge wear. Internally clean and unmarked; binding sound. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50539934482515,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-25T120604.547.png?v=1790302006","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/thesis-eleven-number-16-agnes-heller-modernity-democratic-utopia-edited-by-the-thesis-eleven-collective","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}