This book provides both an introduction to utopianism and a general perspective on radical political thought. Vigorously disputing the widespread conviction that utopianism is a fantasy with no relevance to modern political life and thought, the authors argue that it is a concept whose special virtue lies in its capacity to transcend the limitations of present circumstances, to inspire alternative thinking and to open up new directions for political action. This book develops an approach which relates social causes to political theory and practice. The first part discusses utopianism as a form of political theory with unique characteristics and the ability to transcend the present. The second part considers utopianism as an expression of fundamental social impulses and as an ingredient of modern political movements. The third part offers a defence of utopianism as both theory and practice, and argues for its use to counteract the pragmatism and narrow empiricism which often passes for political «realism» in modern societies. This reissue of a popular and well-received landmark text contains a new preface.

The Politics of Utopia

Politics & Social Sciences

TAYLOR, Keith

Goodwin, Barbara

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Bard II: The Return of Felimid Mac Fal

Literature & Fiction

This is the tale of one Felimid mac Fal:  vagabond, roustabout, poet---and magician!  For Felimid is a poet of the old Irish blood:  a fully trained bard of Erin.  And his is the sort of poetry that can sing shy dryads out of their trees and dragons into slumber and juggle the fixed round of the seasons as a jester juggles knives.A man who saw the bard's pretty face and the harp on his back might think him a simple minstrel.  That mistake could cost him his life.But a woman who saw the bard's pretty face might have other ideas...particularly if she is Gudrun Blackhair, the most notorious pirate on the northern sea!

Bard 2

Bard follows Felimid Mac Fal, "Bard of Erin, descendant of Druids and the Tuatha de Danann - ancient faery race of Ireland, armed only with his harp and the fierce magical power of his poetry..." as he gets tangled up in things with vikings, a unicorn, the evil British royalty and simple tribes of Celtic folk.

Bard

<p>Armed only with the magic of his music, Felimid mac Fal, a bard descended from the faery folk, the Tuatha de Danahn, of Erin, and his beloved Gudrun Blackhair, the famous pirate, encounter shapeshifters, sorceresses, and the sea-dwelling Children of Lir on their perilous quest</p>

Bard 3: The Wild Sea

Felimid mac Fal uses his magic to aid the pirate chieftain Gudrun Blackhair in her adventures

Raven's Gathering: Bard IV

Ace Books

<p>To seal their peace pact, Sixarms, leader of the Freths, presents Cena, Queen of the Danans, with the magical cauldron of plenty, but the malevolent and sinister Nemed, opposed to such a truce, steals the cauldron, threatening the very survival of Ireland</p>

The Cauldron Of Plenty (Danans, Book 2)

Search For Starblade (Danans, Book 3)

Sorcerer's Sacred Island (The Danan'S, Book 1)

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The Politics of Utopia

Bard II: The Return of Felimid Mac Fal

Bard 2

Bard

Bard 3: The Wild Sea

Raven's Gathering: Bard IV

Bard

The Cauldron Of Plenty (Danans, Book 2)

Search For Starblade (Danans, Book 3)

Sorcerer's Sacred Island (The Danan'S, Book 1)