Bastards of Utopia: Living Radical Politics After Socialism

Bastards of Utopia, the companion to a feature documentary film of the same name, explores the experiences and political imagination of young radical activists in the former Yugoslavia, participants in what they call alter-globalization or globalization from below. Ethnographer Maple Razsa follows individual activists from the transnational protests against globalization of the early 2000s through the Occupy encampments. His portrayal of activism is both empathetic and unflinching--an engaged, elegant meditation on the struggle to re-imagine leftist politics and the power of a country's youth. 

Author: Maple Razsa
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 04/06/2015
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780253015860

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/12/2015
Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 102

About the Author

Maple Razsa is an Associate Professor of Global Studies at Colby College. A documentary filmmaker, his work includes Bastards of Utopia (2010) and Occupation: A Film about the Harvard Living Wage Sit-In (2002; both with Pacho Velez).

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