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Utopias have unique fascination for us. they are born out of social hope and the desire for social change and for better ways of living. Utopian texts are not mere fantasies but have transformative power: they insist that we have the power to change the world and that society and politics can be different. this collection of essays addresses the important function of utopianism in social and political philosophyand includesdebate on what its future role will be in a period dominated by dystopian nightmare scenarios. It alos arises specific questions such as whether utopias reflect national identity or actually create it, why utopias have often generated technophobia and why so many utopias, although radical in other ways, have retained partriachal structures. Green utopias and íntentional communities', living utopian experiments such as Finhorn and Twin Oaks, are considered as political theory put into practice. Contributors to the collection include leading international utopian scholars and the books is a valuable guide to the theory, history and the future of utopianism.  

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. - from Amzon 

CONTENS
1. Introduction by Barbana Goodwin………………………………………………..........……..p. 1
2. Nothing is, but what is not’: Utopias as Practical Political
Philosophy by Peter Stillman…………………………………………………………….........….p . 9
3. For Utopia: the (Limit of the) Utopias Function in Late Capitalist
Society by Ruth Levitas……………………………………………………………………..........….p . 25
4. The Eternal Present of Utopianism by Jose Eduanrdo dos Reis…….........…….p. 44
5. Isaiah Berlin, William Morris, and the politic of Utopia
by Laurence Davic…………………………………………………………………………...........……p. 56
6. Utopianism and National Identity by Lyman Tower Sargent……………........... P. 87
7. The Romanian Utopia: The Role of the Intelligentsia in the communist Implementation of a new Human Paradigm by Brindusa Palad………............…..p. 107
8. The Treatment of the Woman Question’ in Radical Utopian
Political Thought by Filio Diamanti………………………………………………............……p. 116
9. Green Utopias of Self and Other by Lucy Sargission…………………...........………p. 140
10. The Illusion of Permanence: work Motivation and Membership Turnover
at Twin Oaks Community by Hikle Kuhlmann……………………………...........…….p. 157
11. Scientific Utopianism in Francis Bacon and H.G. Wells: From Salomon’s
House to the Open Conspiracy by Richard Nate……………............…….……… p. 172
12. Biotechnology and utopia by Brian Stableford…………………………..............….p. 189
13. Religion Narrative, Post-Secularism and Utopia by Vincent
Geoghegan ……………………………………………………………………………...............…….P. 205
14. The Law- Based Utopia by Miguel Angel Ramino Aviles……….....................p. 225