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Jeffrey Carey's avatar

Great essay. I haven’t seen the term anti-utopia used. It’s a useful distinction.

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João Pedro Lobato's avatar

Ernst Bloch saw utopia as the human propensity for… hope. The “trauma” (my word) of fascism and Stalinism created an anti-utopianism where hope is something… delusional.

Should we send hope to the “dustbin of history”?

(Very interesting essay. Thank you. I’m not disagreeing with you, just adding some layer to what you wrote. Maybe you can address it in your next essay?)

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