Book ID: CBB646674451

Reality of Dreams: Post-Neoliberal Utopias in the Ecuadorian Amazon (2021)

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Wilson, Japhy (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 304
Language: English

An exploration of radical megaprojects in the Ecuadorian Amazon, considering the fate of utopian fantasies under conditions of global capitalism What is the fate of utopian fantasies under conditions of global capitalism? From 2007 to 2017, the Citizens’ Revolution launched a series of post-neoliberal megaprojects to liberate Ecuador from its ecologically catastrophic dependence on Amazonian oil reserves. This book documents the heroic scale of this endeavor, the farcical extent of its failure, and the paradoxical process through which it ended up reinforcing the economic model that it had been designed to overcome.

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Authors & Contributors
Dasgupta, Simanti
Kirsch, Stuart
Tironi, Manuel
María Belén Albornoz
Isarelis Pérez Ones
Fiske, Amelia
Concepts
Neoliberalism
Capitalism
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Science and society
Yachay project
Health care
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
18th century
Places
Ecuador
Amazon River Region (South America)
Brazil
United States
India
Bangalore, India
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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