Utopia revisited - neuer Wein in alten Schl uchen 英文论文文献.docVIP

Journal of New Frontiers in Spatial Concepts Universit?tsverlag Karlsruhe ISSN 1868-6648 | Volume 1(2009), 11-38 http://ejournal.uvka.de/spatialconcepts/archives/502 Utopia revisited – neuer Wein in alten Schl?uchen? Ulrich Gehmann Institut für Geschichte, University of Karlsruhe, E-Mail: ugehm@t-online.de Abstract The article is about an old and powerful occidental idea, utopia. Of how this idea experienced a revival nowa- days, in adopting the form of a technical promise of true Promethean character: that everything is possible for everybody, assisted by technical means. That the indivi