Scientific utopianism in Francis bacon and H.G. wells: From<i>Salomon's house</i>to<i>the open conspiracy</i>

Nate, Richard

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“…El utopismo tecnológico tampoco es nuevo, ya que ha sido desarrollado en la literatura clásica y, particularmente, en la ficción, desde La nueva Atlántida (Bacon, 2006) hasta Utopía moderna (Wells, 2006;Nate, 2000); sin embargo, las tecnologías digitales le han dado un nuevo rumbo, trasladando su búsqueda por primera vez a territorios virtuales. Así como "el nuevo mundo" vio nacer el urbanismo moderno, fundamentado en la planeación organizada y científica, el ciberespacio y la realidad virtual constituyen el nuevo escenario por excelencia de la utopía contemporánea (Foster et al, 1999).…”

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Análisis crítico de discurso utópico tecnológico: un enfoque teórico

Lamas¹

2022

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Este estudio plantea una aplicación teórico-metodológica para el análisis del utopismo tecnológico. Parte del Análisis Crítico del Discurso en Teun van Dijk y los distintos enfoques históricos del concepto de utopía, bajo la hipótesis de que la utopía, como concepto ambiguo, puede ser un elemento aprovechable en prácticas abusivas de poder discursivo. Palabras clave: Análisis Crítico del Discurso, utopía, nuevas tecnologías, metodologías

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Análisis crítico de discurso utópico tecnológico: un enfoque teórico

Lamas¹

2022

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“…Murray Bookchin, however, takes a slightly different stance, not only endorsing the postmodern utopianism of the radical technology movement, but also echoing the more positive associations of that brand of scientific utopianism which is associated with modernism, from Bacon to H.G. Wells (Nate 2000, Stableford 2000) -in a way melding the two. For he not only considers that advanced technology can free people from toil and scarcity, after the Enlightenment project: he also thinks that this technology can be environmentally benign and ʻconsciously promoting the integrity of the biosphereʼ (Bookchin 1980: 102).…”

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Tensions and Dilemmas of Ecotopianism

Pepper¹

2007

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This paper examines some of many tensions associated with the utopian propensity that underlies much thinking and action in radical environmentalism. They include the tensions inherent within ecotopianismʼs approach to social change, its desire to embrace ecological universals, its general propensity to face Janus-like in the direction of both modernity and post-modernity, and its tendency towards a polarised stance on scale, and local and global issues. These tensions create dilemmas that are not merely of academic interest: they have practical, tactical and strategic implications, affecting the environmental movementʼs ʻtransgressiveʼ potential in the search for ecotopia.

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Doom or Salvation? Utopian Beliefs in Contemporary Development Discourses and Environmentalism

Linkenbach¹

2009

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In the first part of this article I argue that utopian (as well as dystopian) ideas are vital for contemporary global discourses on development and for environmentalism. The utopian element of these discourses-which include mainstream and alternative ones-is deeply rooted in European philosophical, literary and socio-critical traditions, but in its ecotopian form also relates to non-western spiritual and moral thoughts. In the second part I concentrate on the 'environmentalism of the poor' , predominant in Third World countries and fundamentally related to livelihood struggles and local ideas of social advancement. I argue that such grass root forms of environmentalism are less involved in imagining a global ecotopia but have become appropriated, interpreted and represented by intellectual elites, media and globally operating activists subsuming them into their own ecotopian imaginaries.

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Scientific utopianism in Francis bacon and H.G. wells: FromSalomon's housetothe open conspiracy

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Análisis crítico de discurso utópico tecnológico: un enfoque teórico

Análisis crítico de discurso utópico tecnológico: un enfoque teórico

Tensions and Dilemmas of Ecotopianism

Doom or Salvation? Utopian Beliefs in Contemporary Development Discourses and Environmentalism

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