The concept of the noble savage whose social sphere is untainted by cultivated evils represents another deviation from the mainstream of the utopian tradition. The life of Montaigne's cannibals, ...

1. The Outside Observer in Utopia. The 20th century has seen the growth of the social sciences and the "humane sciences" as one of its more important developments in speculative thought, a fact ...

thus prompting a renovation of the utopian concept. Sound familiar? Today, the utopian impulse is still alive but in need of revision. The practical execution of utopian ideals is where the ...

In law this was supported by the concept of terra nullius, nobody’s land. This narrative ignored generations of indigenous peoples and cultures living there. I argue that utopian ideas can repress ...

Original ‘Garden City’ concept, designed by Ebenezer Howard, 1902, published in ‘The Garden City Utopia: A Critical Biography of Ebenezer Howard’ by Robert Beevers, Olivia Press, photo: Wikipedia ...