Another World is Possible? Utopia Revisited

Zúquete José Pedro
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Zúquete José Pedro: The Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon

New Global Studies, 2011, vol. 5, issue 2, 21

Abstract: The visualization of a radically different society and the search for another world have become recurrent in the discourse and practices of 21st century Latin American revolutionaries and alter-globalization activists. Utopia, often redefined, is embraced and conceptualized as the ultimate goal and final inspiration. This article analyzes the different ways in which such alternative worlds are envisaged, the utopian drives behind them, as well as the consequences for such concepts as politics and revolution. The article concludes with a reflection on the lasting power of imagination, hope, and heroic narratives of national and global liberation against the perceived evil of neoliberal globalization.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2202/1940-0004.1130

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