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Utopia and the place of possibility: Peter Handke and the ambitions of a storyteller 1

Utopia and the place of possibility: Peter Handke and the ambitions of a storyteller 1 Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 Yet it is not so strange, for you are the epito- me of any and every possibility, and therefore at times one must see in you the possibility of your damnation, at times of your salvation. Kierkegaard, Either/Or / / ow to speak of utopia? In keeping within H the limits of this, our disenchanted world, we must proceed with caution: on the one hand, we must avoid thoughtless re-enchantment, the "quick fix," th e promised land that awaits us just over the horizon — for these are invariably fol- lowed by disappointment, if not attended by iain macdonald demagoguery; on the other hand, even to con- ceive of Utopia concretized may already be to threaten the integrity, of its promise, that of jus- UTOPIA AND tice and renewed potential. Here, we encounter the limits imposed not just by a disenchanted THE PLACE OF world, but also those of finitude: we cannot speak of the possibility of a positive utopia, the positive POSSIBILITY ou-topos, without forcing it into an all-too-human peter handke and actuality that would deny the placelessness of possibility. We can speak and have spoken of the ambitions of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities Taylor & Francis

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Angelaki: journal of the theoretical humanities 3:1 1998 Yet it is not so strange, for you are the epito- me of any and every possibility, and therefore at times one must see in you the possibility of your damnation, at times of your salvation. Kierkegaard, Either/Or / / ow to speak of utopia? In keeping within H the limits of this, our disenchanted world, we must proceed with caution: on the one hand, we must avoid thoughtless re-enchantment, the "quick fix," th e promised land that awaits us just over the horizon — for these are invariably fol- lowed by disappointment, if not attended by iain macdonald demagoguery; on the other hand, even to con- ceive of Utopia concretized may already be to threaten the integrity, of its promise, that of jus- UTOPIA AND tice and renewed potential. Here, we encounter the limits imposed not just by a disenchanted THE PLACE OF world, but also those of finitude: we cannot speak of the possibility of a positive utopia, the positive POSSIBILITY ou-topos, without forcing it into an all-too-human peter handke and actuality that would deny the placelessness of possibility. We can speak and have spoken of the ambitions of

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Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities – Taylor & Francis

Published: Apr 1, 1998

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