CONTENTS: Acknopwledgements, 1. Introduction-Baarnita Bagchi, Part I UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA: Debates and Resonances: 2. Utopia: Future and/or Alterity?-Miguel Abensour, 3. Echo of an Impossible Return: An Essay Concerning Fredric Jameson's Utopian Thought and Gathering and Hunting Social Relations-Peter Kulchyski, 4. Radicalism in Early Modern England: Innovation or Reformation?-Rachel Foxley, 5. Dystopia, Utopia, and Akhtaruzzaman Elias's Novel Khowabnama-Subboranjan Dasgupta, 6. Palestine: Land of Utopias-Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun, Part II: ENGENDERING UPTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA: 7. 'One Darling ThoughTerrific Theme': Anna Wheeler and the Rights of Women-Theresa Moriarty, 8. A Parliament of Women: Dystopia in Nineteenth-century Bengali Imagination-Samita Sen, 9. 'Empire Builder': A Utopian Alternative to Citizenship for Early-twentieth-century British 'Ladies'-Martine Spensky, 10. Ladylands and Sacrificial Holes: Utopias and Dystopias in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's Writings-Barnita Bagchi, 11. Utopia in the Subjunctive Mood: Bessie Head's When Rain Clouds Gather-Modhumita Roy, Part III CODA; RESISTANCE: 12. Globalization, Deve;opment, and Resistance of Utopian Dreams to the Praxis of Dystopian Utopia-Marie-Claire Caloz-Tschopp, About the Editor and Contributors, Index.