Deeyah Khan

Jihadis want to watch the world burn, to bring everything crashing down, to destroy the establishment and rebuild it after their own pitiless vision. This misguided utopianism is what makes them such effective bogeymen.

Norwegian Director

Eric Hobsbawm

Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.

British Historian

Rutger Bregman

Maybe utopianism is my form of religion in a world without God.

Dutch Historian

Utopianism often suggests ideals that are unachievable in reality, signifying impracticality.

Impractical Ideal

Utopianism can evoke positive feelings of hope but also negative feelings of naivety.

Emotionally Charged

Utopianism is often used to describe fictional societies in literature and films.

Cultural Imagination

In politics, utopianism reflects ambitious goals for societal improvement that may be seen as unrealistic.

Political Aspiration

Political manifestos may use utopianism to present a visionary future that appeals to voters.

Manifesto Material

In creative fields like architecture, utopianism influences groundbreaking designs that push boundaries.

Artistic Vision

In academic discourse, utopianism can be both a subject of study and a critique of unrealistic goals.

Academic Utopianism

 and I had planned two to three days to paste the whole thing. Those guys were so motivated, that in literally two or three hours we had done it. So I said, "Wait, stop, guys, they're going to bring you back to your cell, give me a second. I'm going to try to get some guards to paste with us." And they were like, look, "We love utopianism and stuff, but that’s where it stops.”