Irretrievable failure: Life in the ruins of utopian dreaming
European Journal of Social Theory
Published online on September 24, 2025
Abstract
European Journal of Social Theory, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 507-525, August 2026.
Our present is marked by multiple failures: of governance; of care; of hope. Amidst the wreckage, we see numerous attempts – real and imagined – to keep hope alive by dreaming of a better future. Such utopian exhortations are fuelled by the idea that it ...
Our present is marked by multiple failures: of governance; of care; of hope. Amidst the wreckage, we see numerous attempts – real and imagined – to keep hope alive by dreaming of a better future. Such utopian exhortations are fuelled by the idea that it ...