The Philosophy of Utopia

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Barbara Goodwin
Taylor & Francis, 2001 - Political Science - 265 pages
This collection addresses the important function of utopianism in social and political philosophy and includes debate on what its future role will be in a period dominated by dystopian nightmare scenarios.
 

Contents

Introduction Barbara Goodwin
1
The Limits of the Utopian Function
25
The Eternal Present of Utopianism José Eduardo dos Reis
44
Utopianism and National Identity Lyman Tower Sargent
87
The Role of
107
Green Utopias of Self and Other Lucy Sargisson
140
Work Motivation
157
Scientific Utopianism in Francis Bacon
172
Biotechnology and Utopia Brian Stableford
189
Religious Narrative PostSecularism
205
The LawBased Utopia Miguel Angel Ramiro Avilés
225
Abstracts
249
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