Technological Utopianism and the Idea of Justice

This open access book advances a modest defence of technological utopias. While technological utopianism is not devoid of risks and elitism, their benefits should not be discounted in an overall assessment. Rather than rejecting them based on a too narrow definition of utopianism, we must acknowledg...

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description This open access book advances a modest defence of technological utopias. While technological utopianism is not devoid of risks and elitism, their benefits should not be discounted in an overall assessment. Rather than rejecting them based on a too narrow definition of utopianism, we must acknowledge their potential to exceed the individualist vs. collectivist dichotomy ascribed to traditional utopias. The author argues, with reference to Rawls’ idea of the basic structure that technological utopias challenge our understanding of the scope and location of justice and, thereby, advance the idea of justice. The book critically reviews the most recent literature in political philosophy, where utopias are understood as ideal theories of justice and sides with recent contributions to Utopian Studies, where utopias’ potential to estrange from the present and galvanize action are underscored.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1504332025-01-24T16:37:24Z Technological Utopianism and the Idea of Justice Sand, Martin technological utopias Technological Utopianism Ideal Theory Utopia justice Basic Structure socio-technical utopias political philosophy Utopian Studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues This open access book advances a modest defence of technological utopias. While technological utopianism is not devoid of risks and elitism, their benefits should not be discounted in an overall assessment. Rather than rejecting them based on a too narrow definition of utopianism, we must acknowledge their potential to exceed the individualist vs. collectivist dichotomy ascribed to traditional utopias. The author argues, with reference to Rawls’ idea of the basic structure that technological utopias challenge our understanding of the scope and location of justice and, thereby, advance the idea of justice. The book critically reviews the most recent literature in political philosophy, where utopias are understood as ideal theories of justice and sides with recent contributions to Utopian Studies, where utopias’ potential to estrange from the present and galvanize action are underscored. 2025-01-24T16:37:23Z 2025-01-24T16:37:23Z 2025-01-13T13:44:45Z 2025 book ONIX_20250113_9783031759451_25 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/97005 9783031759451 9783031759444 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150433 eng open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/97005/1/9783031759451.pdf Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-75945-1 10.1007/978-3-031-75945-1 9fa3421d-f917-4153-b9ab-fc337c396b5a d46003d1-7e3e-44c3-9890-ca7ffe0d70a0 11ad7abd-3e6a-4fa2-b8ea-c143bc0e4449 9783031759451 9783031759444 Palgrave Macmillan 156 Cham [...] [...] open access
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Technological Utopianism and the Idea of Justice
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Basic Structure
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