Utopian visions start as blueprints for a fairer world and asks if they can lead to real change. He argues that such visions have been a way of criticising the present.
Art historian Professor Richard Clay examines what utopian visions, in their many guises, say about our hopes, dreams and fears, and how they take us to the heart of what it means to be human. Delving into the colourful stories of the world’s great utopian dreamers, he explores why we strive towards this ‘better place’ - and what it is...
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