Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-413) and index.
Contents:
The three faces -- Utopian literature -- Intentional communities/utopian practice -- Utopian traditions -- The importance of utopianism -- Utopianism and national and personal identities -- Global utopianisms -- Utopia and ideology -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Utopianism, or the dreams and nightmares that concern the ways in which groups of people arrange their lives and which usually envision a significantly different society than the one in which the dreamers live, lends itself to a wide variety of approaches. Utopianism includes what is called its three faces, utopian literature, utopian practice, including intentional communities, and utopian social theory. Reprints some of the author's articles together with two not previously published with the author's comments on how he came to write them and his reflections back on them from 2021"-- Provided by publisher.
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