Source: CounterPunch
by David S D’Amato
“With his new book Race, Time, and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation, philosopher William M. Paris makes an important contribution to several related conversations. Paris’s book offers one of the richest and most well-grounded recent accounts of utopia, firmly centering the question of class struggle and his distinctive understanding of race. The book is an attempt to reconstruct and interrogate ‘utopian tendencies that have been immanent in historical processes of emancipation from racial domination.’ This is a multifaceted project that presents a new and exciting understanding of political and economic emancipation, drawing heavily on both the theorists of hope and utopia and the Black radical tradition generally.” (05/23/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/23/on-race-time-and-utopia/