Utopia is a Dangerous Ideal: We Should Aim for ‘Protopia’1

• Philosophy
• March 14, 2018

Utopias are idealised visions of a perfect society. Utopianisms are those ideas put into practice. This is where the trouble begins. Thomas More coined the neologism utopia for his 1516 work that launched the modern genre for a good reason. The word means ‘no place’ because when imperfect humans attempt perfectibility – personal, political, economic