The Triple Confusion of Utopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3895620 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luis Villoro (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-10 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0392192106062421 |
| OpenAlex | W1963933725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Utopias arise out of a desire for perfection, and have often led to destruction and savagery. Why does enthusiasm for a transfigured community propel itself so rapidly into violence and evil? What unfathomable process causes the dream to transform itself into such a nightmare? Why do we bring on ourselves the evil that we abhor
Aesthetics · Confusion · Dream · Dystopia · Epistemology · Ideology · Idolatry · Mandate · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · The Imaginary · Utopia · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |