Journal article
A Utopic Reflection
Social Alternatives, Vol.28(3), pp.57-59
2009
Abstract
The article presents a discussion of how attempts to create utopias can produce ironically dystopian effects, citing the educational systems of industrialized nations as an example. An argument is presented that the teaching of poetry in school can serve as a countervailing, utopian force. Quotations from poets such as Wallace Stevens, Kevin Hart, and Rabindranath Tagore are presented. It is said that poetry can serve to improve the educational curriculum by suggesting multiple perspectives and the interplay between the specific and the general.
Details
- Title
- A Utopic Reflection
- Authors
- Marcus P Bussey (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- Social Alternatives, Vol.28(3), pp.57-59
- Publisher
- Social Alternatives
- Date published
- 2009
- ISSN
- 0155-0306
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2009 Social Alternatives. Reproduced with the permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449528202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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