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In Defense of Utopia
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Even though utopias are potentially dangerous, we nonetheless need utopian visions. Loss of hope and utopia means loss of humanity. But how can we stop utopia turning into dystopia? Utopia thought of in terms of perfection, purity and exclusivity imposes its version of a better life as the only possible one. On the other hand the utopianism of opposition does not seek perfection, or removal of opportunities for evolution. Its goal is progress and not repression of human beings. It is not utopianism that is at fault, the problem arises rather from the conviction that a particular utopia can bring about the only correct way to live.
Title: In Defense of Utopia
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Even though utopias are potentially dangerous, we nonetheless need utopian visions.
Loss of hope and utopia means loss of humanity.
But how can we stop utopia turning into dystopia? Utopia thought of in terms of perfection, purity and exclusivity imposes its version of a better life as the only possible one.
On the other hand the utopianism of opposition does not seek perfection, or removal of opportunities for evolution.
Its goal is progress and not repression of human beings.
It is not utopianism that is at fault, the problem arises rather from the conviction that a particular utopia can bring about the only correct way to live.
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