The End of Utopia: Politics and Culture in an Age of Apathy.
Reason › Vol. 31 Nbr. 7, December 1999
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The End of Utopia: Politics and Culture in an Age of Apathy.
by Russell Jacoby, New York: Basic Books, 236 pages, $26.00
Autopia is, by definition, a fantasy: The word literally means "no place," and the classical utopias existed only in the imagination. Sometimes, they were enchanting literature. Political scientists may sneer at the French socialist Charles Fourier, in whose utopia the planets copulate and the oceans turn to lemonade, but the surrealists loved him. Their enthusiasm certainly makes more sense than that of those 19th-century Americans who actually tried to found Fourierist "phalanxes." There's a reason why most utopias remain placeless, as Fourier's fans and the other utopia...See the full content of this document
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