Abstract
Political theory has been described as an 'enterprise of discovery' that carries within it the danger of utopianism. This article explores one aspect of that danger the question of the paradoxical or circular nature of much political thinking. This seems to be both a necessary and an impossible feature of such theorizing. Political theory itself seems to require an idea of utopia that is, by definition, impossible to achieve.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 49-62 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | History of the Human Sciences |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2003 |