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Elsewhere: Utopias as 'virtual worlds' in the past and today

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2013

Abstract

Utopian projects are traditionally understood as a part of protosociological thought. At the same time, there is a decline of importance of utopian thought and its public importance.

The question arises, whether the utopias belong to the past, or the forms of utopian thought just went through a substantial transformation. This is the basic frame of my text, along with the attempt to define the sociological concept of modern utopia.

Finally, I present a thesis that utopian thinking, however it has undergone a major transformation during the last century, is still an important phenomena in contemporary society.