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The Power of Unattainable Dreams


I recently mentioned Stephen Duncombe’s book Dream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy in a post about Carrotmob. I noted that Dream considers lessons that progressives can glean from mass culture and commercial spectacles, including video games, Las Vegas, and celebrity-dominated media, but I didn’t give much of a sense of Duncombe’s book. [...]