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A Story of the Utopian Vision of the World

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Roland Fischer
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A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth glancing at, for it leaves out the country at which humanity is always landing.

Oscar Wilde

The further ahead one looks, the more the vision of the distant future resembles the golden age of the mythical past.

John Cohen

Being condemned (or chosen?) to be “the missing link” on its way to perfectibility (or redemption?) - half animal/half human - we always need in some way or another the transcendence of a Utopian Vision. It therefore comes as no surprise that most of the essays in this issue, reflecting a vision of the world today, are openly or covertly concerned with Utopian expectations. Hence, it might be worthwhile to trace the origins and reflect in flashbacks - following the pioneering technique of the French film-maker Alain Resnais - a story of the Utopian Vision.

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Diogenes , Volume 41 , Issue 163 , September 1993 , pp. 5 - 25
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Copyright © 1993 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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