Sentences with phrase «of utopian societies»

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And your saying that if religion didn't exist, then we would have some kind of utopian society?

The religious aspects of the Jesuit missions were inimical to Enlightenment philosophes, but the story of the reducciones nevertheless helped thinkers such as Montesquieu to articulate new ideals as, in Imbruglia's words, «the creation of a utopian society became the mission of European civilisation.»

It's fairly clear that the village itself represents Shyamalan's vision of a Utopian society; even the mysterious creatures that live nearby aren't considered much of a threat, provided nobody travels into their domain.

Not exact matches

The Sesame Street idea was a product of its time, a Great Society - era utopian project rooted in an understanding of history as «progressive.»

As Imbruglia notes, the utopian vision of the Paraguayan missions was created by the Jesuits themselves: In widely circulated accounts, Jesuit authors described how once - «savage» Indios «became different men» through their conversion and joined a «perfect society» resembling the early Church.

It is no longer the utopian society of its founding.

Hope for our society lies in the possibility of the rebirth of visionary thought, utopian dreaming, the resurrection of the split between present and future that provides the dynamic of change in the direction of projected ideals.

I am among a growing number of people who believe that there is an urgent need for a rebirth of utopian thinking within the church and in society at large.

These are the goals of a Christian civilization, imperfectly realized, to be sure, in any society but sufficiently manifest in Europe and America to make it evident that a Christian democracy is not merely a utopian dream.

Seligman traces the further transformation of the concept of civil society in Smith and Kant, the latter of whom tries to rescue it from Hume, and in Hegel and Marx, who resolve this inherently unstable concept in statist and utopian directions.

''» Utopian» socialism regards the various forms of Co-operative Society as being the most important cells for social re-structure,» writes Buber.

In contrast, the neo-Freudian Erich Fromm becomes quite unrealistically utopian in his hope for the «sane society» of reasonable men, and he never asks where the individual can find in present history the community which can sustain the spirit which must live in this threatening and imperfect world.2

But despite the real gains in social morality that came in the wake of the abolition of the slave trade, despite the rise in the status of women, despite the benefits that came from the enactment of child - labor laws and the establishment of the welfare state, did not the nineteenth century also bequeath to us those proposed «solutions» to social ills that led to mass starvation in Russia and China, to the utopian nightmares of communism and fascism, to wars unending, and ¯ in those societies that actually managed to abolish most social evils ¯ to a hedonism that is undermining society from within?

The «utopian» experimental societies so familiar in American history have drawn little groups of people into adventure of proving that the new order is possible.

Though formulated by some of the toughest minds in the history of modern philosophy — Hobbes, Locke, Flume, and Adam Smith — this tradition gave rise to what would appear to be the most wildly utopian idea in the history of political thought, namely, that a good society can result from the actions of citizens motivated by self - interest alone when those actions are organized through the proper mechanisms.

She points out the limitations of the liberal Zionism of Theodor Herzl, with a particularly telling account of the «New Society» he portrays is his 1902 utopian novel, Altneuland (Old New Land).

In 1887 Edward Bellamy's utopian novel Looking Backward described a society in which all the economic disturbances of his day had been overcome.

Utopians from Plato to B.F. Skinner have distrusted this aspect of human nature and have planned societies in which communal childrearing would serve to replace our intense love of our own children with an impartial love of all members of society.

Like the Society of Jesus as a whole, he threw himself into the Great Reform, which didn't seek any particular goals so much as pursue a general, utopian vision, a hoped - for fusion of the Spirit of Christ with Liberation, with New Being, with the Eternal Now.

If by social gospel they mean the notion that mankind will eventually evolve out of evil and create a utopian society all on its own — then certainly not!

It is a gathering place for spiritual seekers who are fulfilling their vision for a utopian society and imbibing and implementing a style of life that its adherents believe can change the world.

One thing I like about the book is that Nicco's no techno - utopian: he's quite aware that disruption doesn't always end well, and he's as likely to explore the negative implications of «the end of big» for society at large as the positive.

It's true that the CTF isn't on the scale of, e.g., the Ackerman «stakeholder society» proposals (which remain utopian).

Arguments that provided a broader rationale for cooperative organizations were articulated by Robert Owen (1771 - 1858) and Charles Fourier (1772 - 1837), who were inspired by conditions of the period to search for paths to a more harmonious, utopian society.

Similarly, I don't trust organisations with pure and utopian plans for the universal reorganisation of society on the model which our glorious leader has discovered (see again Engels, Socialism, Utopian and Scientificutopian plans for the universal reorganisation of society on the model which our glorious leader has discovered (see again Engels, Socialism, Utopian and ScientificUtopian and Scientific here).

The most utopian talk about an attack on the asymmetries of power that blight British society; some are even picking up the idea of equality of capabilities, drawn from the philosophy of Amartya Sen, pursued by James Purnell and Liam Byrne.

Back in 1986, futurist K Eric Drexler (now of the Foresight Institute — a US nanotech think tank) imagined a utopian future where self - replicating nanoscale robots, or nanobots, carry out most of the work in society.

In a utopian presentist society, instead of working extra hard to put money in the bank, you'd be working to provide value for the people around you.

Here are some examples of this ideal «utopian» society (as far as movement is concerned).

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The Woods (Unrated) Back - to - nature comedy about a bunch of young bohemians who retreat to the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with hopes of creating a utopian society.

Minority Report's visual identity owes a lot to Spielberg's vision of a future society that's at the same time dystopian and utopian, but also to the brilliant work of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who shot it with high - speed film.

The story takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a sage figure...

The sci - fi thriller takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a...

For those unfamiliar, the story takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a sage figure known as «The Giver».

T'Challa is the Black Panther of the title, the king of Wakanda, whose history and creation is explained in an opening monologue - how the discovery ages earlier of a massive meteorite made of a special metal called vibranium allowed a group of African tribes to come together and build a secret utopian society with advanced technologies that they kept hidden from the outside world.

The story takes place in a utopian society where all memories of the past reside with a sage figure known as «The Giver».

It's time to relearn the lessons of the Great Society, when ambitious programs designed to promote justice and opportunity were undone by utopian formulations, unworkable implementation structures, and a stubborn unwillingness to acknowledge the limits of federal action in the American system.

The movie adaptation of author Lois Lowry's 1993 bestselling dystopic novel, The Giver, about a utopian society that becomes dispelled, was released nationwide in theaters on August 15.

There's just something compelling about mucking about in a forced utopian society under the watchful eye of a charismatic figurehead.

We're excited to give members of the press and industry a chance to try their hand at building Utopian society from the ashes of a mad science induced world - wide disaster!

The Bioshock series takes you into what feels like a sci - fi book from the 1940's: a «utopian» world set aside from the crumbling super states meant to bring the pinnacle of human civilization with a perfect society (but it's not.)

«I am particularly inspired with the work of past visionaries, be they conceptual artists, utopian urban planners, engineers effecting behavior or architects who sought to change society through their designs.

Online and offline surveillance accompanied by the consumer capitalist culture within today's society are the main issues surrounding his work, in association with current and future utopian environments, the continued automation of our daily lives in relation to the internet of things and the various cultures associated with online communities.

But the space feels almost utopian: a beautifully staged ruin made from the rubble of a consumerist society.»

From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus» utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First World War.

While bright, Raysse's most recent paintings are more brooding than the works from his Pop years, demonstrating a less utopian vision of society.

Constant, OriëntSector (1959), (metal, ink on Perspex and oil paint on wood): Motivated by the utopian notion that World War II had ushered in a new era in which the automation of all production would bring about a stable, classless society, Dutch artist Constant began a two - decade - long project to devise an appropriately progressive architecture and urban planning practice.

The delicate nature of the drawing and watercolour in individual works make very stunning representations of failed utopian societies.