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| Utopianism: Utopianism is the belief in an ideal, perfect society often characterized by equality, harmony, and peace. It envisions a world where all social, political, and economic problems are resolved, aiming for perfection. See also Utopias, Society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Albrecht Wellmer on Utopianism - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas III 111 Utopianism/A. Wellmer/Habermas: a modernist error complementary to the illusion of objectifying thinking is utopianism, which means that we could "at the same time win the ideal of a form of life (1) that has become completely rationalized" from the concept of the decentralized understanding of the world and procedural rationality. >Rationality, >Utopias, >World, >Reification, >World/Thinking. Habermas: Forms of life do not only consist of world views, which we can classify as more or less decentralised from a structural point of view, but not only of institutions that fall under the aspect of justice. >Worldviews, >Institutions, >Justice. Habermas III 112 Utopia/Habermas: the attempt to state an equivalent for what was once meant by the idea of good life must not tempt us to derive an idea of good life from the procedural concept of rationality, with which we have left behind the decentralized understanding of the world of modernity. Wellmer: "For this reason, we can only state certain formal conditions of a reasonable life."(2) >Modernism, >The good, >Life. 1. A Wellmer, Thesen über Vernunft, Emanzipation und Utopie (MS (1979), S. 32. 2. ibid. p. 53._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Wellmer, Albrecht Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |
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