Utopianism in the Work of Zygmunt Bauman - Sociologi - Aalborg ...
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1 <strong>Bauman</strong> himself is suspicious <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> myopic understand<strong>in</strong>g that has determ<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> fate <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> concept <strong>of</strong> ‘utopia’: “I suspect that <strong>in</strong> our social-scientific usage all too <strong>of</strong>ten we unduly<br />
narrow down <strong>the</strong> concept <strong>of</strong> ‘utopia’ to <strong>the</strong> early modern bluepr<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> good society, understood<br />
as a k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> totality which pre-empts its members’ choices and determ<strong>in</strong>es <strong>in</strong> advance<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir goodness, however, understood […] I am now <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed to accept that utopia is an<br />
undetachable part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> human condition […] I now believe that utopia is one <strong>of</strong> humanity’s<br />
constituents, a ‘constant’ <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> human way <strong>of</strong> be<strong>in</strong>g-<strong>in</strong>-<strong>the</strong>-world. This does not mean that all<br />
utopias are equally good. Utopias may lead to a better life as much as <strong>the</strong>y may mislead and<br />
turn away from what a better life would require to be done” (<strong>Bauman</strong> & Tester 2001:48-50).<br />
Throughout <strong>the</strong> years he has moved from <strong>the</strong> somewhat narrow understand<strong>in</strong>g to a much<br />
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