Utopia in the History of Russian Culture

In today’s difficult geopolitical situation, when social alarmism dominates in the public mind, it is important to comprehend the domestic experience of con­structing positive images of the future. Utopia is directly related to this, despite the trail of a “companion of totalitarianism”, a “negative pole” charged with “poisonous energy”, etc., following it in Russian, mostly liberal, humanitarian studies. How can these characteristics be combined with another generally re­cognized statement: utopia is one of the main achievements in the history of the Western ideas, which is directly related to philosophy, literature, politics, and art; is it deeply rooted in human nature, because it is connected with the dream to break with the unsatisfying surrounding reality to create an alternative, more per­fect world? The 4th All-Russian (with international participants) scientific con­ference “Utopian projects in the history of culture”, held October 26–28, 2022 at the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don) on the topic “Russian experi­ence in constructing the future” was an attempt to overcome this “cognitive dis­sonance”

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