Download or read book Utopia written by Michael Hviid Jacobsen and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to considering the role of social theory in the imagination of alternative futures, this volume reflects on how social theory may assist us in understanding and appreciating utopia or utopianism as a special topic of interest, a special subject matter, a special analytical focus or a special normative dimension of sociological thinking. Bringing together the latest work from a leading team of social theorists, this volume will be of interest to sociologists, social and political theorists, anthropologists and philosophers.