I try to look at the evolution of these utopian claims. In the late '60s there was an assumption that the wealth… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
It would be unjust, and moreover Utopian, for Shakespeare to direct the shoemakers' union. But it would be equally disastrous forthe shoemakers'… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Most of the utopian community ideas actually are religious. They're based more on the idea of the monastery than the commune. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Education as a democratic project always presupposes a vision of the future in its introduction to, preparation for, and legitimation of particular… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Books are surviving in this intense, fragmented, hyper-accelerated present, and my sense and hope is that things will slow down again and… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
We all want a non-fragmented solution, but the utopian version of a single blockchain to rule them all is undesirable and impractical. — Blythe Masters Copy Share Image
The hermeneutic consciousness, which must be awakened and kept awake, recognized that in the age of science philosophy's claim of superiority has… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some. Walking takes longer, for example, than any other… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I have no notions of a perfect society, I don’t know what that means. I know we can do much better than… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
I was really interested in 20th century communalism and alternative communities, the boom of communes in the 60s and 70s. That led… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
Because the utopian's worldview was framed around moving toward this perfected future, it helped stimulate the private exertions that add up to… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
For example, you now look at pictures from 1968, they are hugely misleading in terms of standing in as an absolute image… — Wolfgang Tillmans Copy Share Image
The thing that had fueled these utopian communities was a literal belief, and not just a general sense of optimism, that the… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
There is this fashionable progressive notion that everything is so completely political that the idea we could have some sort of neutral… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Money has always been a particular problem for revolutionaries and anti-capitalists. What will money look like 'after the revolution'? How will it… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
I gravitate towards the utopian potentials of digital space (post race, post gender, post human etc.), but understand that people live in… — Saya Woolfalk Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a film about my dad, a sort of love letter, and explain what I understood of his cinema,… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
“People, imperfect and corruptible are society's building blocks. Political theories evading this reality are a catastrophe in waiting.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
Propaganda requires a permanent network of communication so that it can systematically stifle reflection with emotive or utopian slogans. Its pace is… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I know it's very idealistic and utopian, but I believe we need to just let everyone not be judged in terms of… — Shahrukh Khan Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about politics: It's not an expression of your moral purity and your ethics and your probity and your fond… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Reading about utopianism, and eventually creating characters with their own utopian ambitions, was the way I learned to live with being a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
