The Designed Myth - Investigations on the structure and effect condition of utopia (Paperback, 1st ed. 2023)

Utopian thinking and utopian designs ostensibly represent a belief in human progress. The starting point of utopias is almost always a bad present that is to be overcome. But in the 20th and 21st centuries, doubts are growing about a plannable future designed by enlightened reason, about the project of modernity. Utopias are answered by dystopias. This makes it clear: the basic motif of utopian thinking is the fear of an uncontrollable future, a fear that could perhaps be overcome by the principle of hope (Ernst Bloch), an amiable illusion. The Content  The "contradiction" of rationality and irrationality in utopian conceptions  � Fiction and reality  � Model and myth � Symbol and symbolic action  � Enlightenment to autonomy. The target groups  � Humanities scholars, political scientists and social scientists � Philosophers � Theologians The author Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Soeffner is Professor Emeritus of General Sociology at the University of Konstanz, Senior Fellow and Board Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (KWI) and Permanent Visiting Fellow at the Forum internationale Wissenschaft of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	August 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Hans-Georg Soeffner
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-658-39701-2
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Promotions
LSN:	3-658-39701-2
Barcode:	9783658397012

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