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Beyond Hopes and Disasters: The Rejuvenation of Utopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Jean-Joseph Goux*
Affiliation:
Rice University, Texas

Abstract

Nowadays there is a paradox ruling utopia. The place for the ‘spirit of youth’ in our society, apart from the traditional age groups, ought to mean a strong upswell of utopian projects, since youth is the age for questioning the world as it is, and idealistically rebuilding the future. And yet there is a paralysis of optimistic imagination as to the future. It is the unpredictability of the future, in a world that makes creating the new in every field its very driver, that makes any imaginings about a future society so perilous and uncertain. However, the demand for diversity and the aesthetic dimension are two factors that could characterize the contemporary vision, in contrast to the old austere utopias that are now bankrupt.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © ICPHS 2006

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