Totalitarianism and the âRepressedâ Utopia of the Present: Moving beyond Hayek and Popper with Foucault

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Moving beyond Hayek and Popper with Foucault

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This article starts by reviewing the negative account of utopian thinking in dominant liberal Western political theory, through the positing of a link between utopianism and totalitarianism, as present in the writings of liberal writers like Hayek, Popper, Berlin and others. As such, this article constitutes a critique of the liberal theories of utopianism and totalitarianism as well as positing alternative conceptions. It uses Michel Foucaultâs views to advance beyond the liberal mindset in order to rehabilitate the concept of utopia as both a substantive and methodological conception for both democratic and educational theory. By redefining what utopia means, it argues for a revival of a new form of utopian thinking as necessary for extending and deepening democracy in the world post-9/11.

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A Normative Foucauldian

Selected Papers of Mark Olssen

Series:Â Educational Futures, Volume: 74

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004464452

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 13 Sep 2021

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