ABSTRACT
Utopia rose, again, from the ashes of obscurity in the decades after World War II. Filled with hope after the defeat of fascism, aware of the weakening chains of imperialist power, yearning for better lives in a world of peace, and experienced in collective action, people around the globe began to give real shape to their collective dreams. A strong utopian strain ran through the work of critical Marxism and the New Left, the social theories of racial and national liberation movements, the multiple voices of feminism, the arguments for world peace and world government, and the reconceptualization of humanity's relationship with nature itself. Daring to dream and then struggle for a better world, activists were inspired not only to bring an end to the social ills they saw in front of them but also to build new spaces for humanity and nature that negated and transformed the logic and practices of the society that had produced them.
