Utopia
This episode takes up the topic of Utopia. What value do dreams of a better world have for understanding politics in the real world? What impact has utopian thinking had on the evolution of the political world over the past few centuries? Can imagining utopias provide a way to solve political challenges in our contemporary world? These and other questions our guest, Professor Mark Jendrysik, addresses in his marvelous new book entitled Utopia.
This episode takes up the topic of Utopia. What value do dreams of a better world have for understanding politics in the real world? What impact has utopian thinking had on the evolution of the political world over the past few centuries? Can imagining utopias provide a way to solve political challenges in our contemporary world? These and other questions our guest, Professor Mark Jendrysik, addresses in his marvelous new book entitled Utopia.
Mark Jendrysik is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Dakota. Mark is Providence College political science alum of the class of 1986. Professor Jendrysik earned his Ph.D. in political theory at the University of North Carolina in 1996. He has been on the faculty of the University of North Dakota since 1999 and has served as department chair and won numerous awards for his research, teaching, student advising, and service to his university. He has published numerous scholarly article in political theory and several books. His latest, Utopia, was published late last year by Polity Press.
Links to Professor Jendrysik’s books:
Utopia:
Modern Jeremiahs: Contemporary Visions of American Decline:
Explaining the English Revolution: Hobbes and His Contemporaries:
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Bill Hudson
Beyond Your News Feed: Understanding Contemporary Politics is a podcast of the Providence College Political Science Department. On the podcast, we provide analysis of political issues and events featuring the expertise of Providence College faculty members. Our episodes seek to offer in depth discussion of contemporary events that go beyond what typically is covered in the media. In particular, our guests draw on the most up to date research in political science and other fields to throw light on world events. Our episodes cover political events in all regions of the world and in the United States. The issues and events analyzed include elections, public policy, domestic and international crises, political ideologies, racial and ethnic relations, prominent political figures, and many other topics.