Dreaming America: How Utopian was the Icarian Experiment? (1)
The utopian dimension of historical experiences needs some delineation: did explorers, pioneers and immigrants, experience America as the land of Utopia, as it has often been repeated?
What is a utopian imagination of the United States? This is not just a matter of history, but also one of theory, and it raises several issues. Is a word like “utopia” to be understood in the very strict sense of (...)