Recent attempts at a reevaluation of utopia stress the significance of non traditional, open-process approaches to the envisioning of the future. A classic of blue-print utopia is here analyzed through the lens of such new perspectives and found less out-of-date than generally assumed. Through the particular attention devoted to the organization of labour and to the social and political provisions aimed at ensuring liberty, Bellamy’s utopian posture is observed in its long-term evolution. What ensues is a far less clear-cut rendering of Bellamy’s utopian vision, which does not really seem to remain fixed and static, but proves able to evolve in due course of time.
Edward Bellamy e l'invenzione del futuro. Organizzazione del lavoro e limiti della libertà utopica / Paterno', MARIA PIA. - In: STORIA DEL PENSIERO POLITICO. - ISSN 2279-9818. - 9:1(2020), pp. 47-68. [10.4479/96889]
Edward Bellamy e l'invenzione del futuro. Organizzazione del lavoro e limiti della libertà utopica
Paternò Maria Pia
2020
Abstract
Recent attempts at a reevaluation of utopia stress the significance of non traditional, open-process approaches to the envisioning of the future. A classic of blue-print utopia is here analyzed through the lens of such new perspectives and found less out-of-date than generally assumed. Through the particular attention devoted to the organization of labour and to the social and political provisions aimed at ensuring liberty, Bellamy’s utopian posture is observed in its long-term evolution. What ensues is a far less clear-cut rendering of Bellamy’s utopian vision, which does not really seem to remain fixed and static, but proves able to evolve in due course of time.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.