Anarchic utopia in Aris Alexandrou's The mission box

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[This paper shows that there are two notions of utopia operating in Aris Alexandrou’s novel The Mission Box (Το κιβώτιο). The first is the autarchic utopia espoused by the Communist Party and represented in the novel by the rational, chronologically organised narrative. The second is the anarchic utopia that disrupts the certainty of the rational narrative as well as the belief in a teleology that will lead to the Party’s victory. I argue that the anarchic interruption avoids a politics of oppression by extrapolating a notion of freedom whose definition does not rely on a negation of imprisonment.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies, Flinders University, June 2007
    PublisherFlinders University
    Pages413-420
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Print)9780725811341
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    EventInternational Conference of Greek Studies -
    Duration: 28 Jun 2009 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference of Greek Studies
    Period28/06/09 → …

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