Categorical Utopia Theory

Simon Sutterlütti () and Stefan Meretz ()
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Simon Sutterlütti: University of Bonn
Stefan Meretz: University of Bonn

Chapter Chapter 4 in Make Capitalism History, 2023, pp 89-108 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Often utopias are dreams with little theoretical basis or are banned as abstract “complete other”, that cannot be thought of today. Categorical utopia is a method for discussing and examining non-existent socio-economic systems. It is based on a thorough critic of existing society and develops an alternative based on explicit considerations about human beings and society. Categorical utopias lay out their theoretical basis so that both their foundations and their developed socio-economic system can be discussed scientifically. Therefore, it can be possible to turn utopias into science. At the end of the chapter, some limits and dangers of utopia are discussed.

Keywords: Utopian socialism; Adorno; Bloch; Planned society; Utopian thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14645-9_4

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