The Unhappy Marriage of Utopianism and Realism

• In Event: Political Realism and the Longing for Utopia

Brief Overview

This paper reads utopia and realism not as literary genres, but as genres of politics. The Prince and Utopia are considered historically and contextually to unfold a new view about the co-constitutive nature of utopia and realism.

Author

• O. L. (Oliver) Silverman, The Graduate Center, CUNY