The Utopian Vision of the Future (Then and Now): A Marxist Critique

Abstract

Oscar Wilde said that any map that doesn't have utopia on it is not worth looking at. There are few quotes I've cited as often or with as much pleasure as this one. Yet, there is something in the sweeping nature of the claim that has always left me unsatisfied. In examining utopian thinking, I will also try to distinguish what is valid and useful in Wilde's claim from what is not

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