Utopian Thinking in Law, Politics, Architecture and Technology

Hope in a Hopeless World

Edited by Bart van Klink, Professor of Legal Methodology, Department of Legal Theory and Legal History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Marta Soniewicka, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy of Law and Legal Ethics, Jagiellonian University, Poland and Leon van den Broeke, Extraordinary Professor of Theology of Law and Church Polity, Theologische Universiteit Kampen and Associate Professor of Religion, Law, and Society, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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这种创新的书探讨了role of utopian thinking in law and politics, including alternative forms of social engineering, such as technology and architecture. Building on Levitas’ Utopia as Method, the topic of utopia is addressed within the book from a multidisciplinary perspective.

‘Stimulating and provocative, this interesting collection tackles utopia from diverse disciplinary, theoretical, and political angles. Drawing on secular and religious traditions, contributors demonstrate utopian thinking’s enduring vitality and significance. With hope, faith, humanity, and the imagination, at its centre, this book explores what utopia can and cannot mean, be, and do.’
– Davina Cooper, King's College London, UK