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In this chapter cynicism, irony, and utopia are proposed as analytical concepts that can supplement existing theoretical frameworks, and I will demonstrate how these alternative perspectives can be fruitfully applied to understand the reorganization of critique regardless of whether one views creative activism suspiciously as a societal symptom or more optimistically as a democratic potential.1
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Harrebye, S.F. (2016). The Ambivalence of Cynicism, Irony, and Utopia. In: Social Change and Creative Activism in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137498694_5
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