TY - BOOK AU - Miriam Bait AU - Marina Brambilla AU - Valentina Crestani PY - 2016 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9783653061741 TI - Utopian Discourses Across Cultures T2 - Scenarios in Effective Communication to Citizens and Corporations DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-06174-1 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1067675 N2 - The term Utopia, coined by Thomas More in 1516, contains an inherent semantic ambiguity: it could be read as eu topos (good place) or ou topos (no place). The authors of this volume analyze this polysemous notion and its fascination for scholars across the centuries, who have developed a variety of visions and ways to explain the «realization» of utopian discourses. The experts in the fields of sociology, political science, economics, computer science, literature and linguistics offer extensive studies about how utopian scenarios are realized in different cultural contexts. KW - Public communication, Failure, City brand, Fair and free trade LA - English ER -