Abstract

MISSERI, Lucas E.. Validity of the utopian thinking in the XXIst Century: Analysis of a practical utopia in San Martín de los Andes. Estud. filos. práct. hist. ideas [online]. 2015, vol.17, n.2, pp.57-68. ISSN 1851-9490.

The idea of utopia has a long history in America and a vast array of meanings. This paper interprets utopias from a utopological approach primarily based on the reflections of M. R. Ramirez Fierro, A. A. Roig, H. Cerutti Guldberg and E. Fernández Nadal. From this theoretical framework a contemporary concrete utopia of Argentine Patagonia is analyzed. It is an intercultural neighborhood in San Martin de los Andes projected by the Mapuche community “Curruhuinca” and the Homeless Neighbors Association of that city. Here, I describe the utopian character of the project taking the concepts of function and utopian tension as categories of analysis in relation to the different aspects that involve interculturality and the emergence of new subjectivities.

Keywords : Utopology; Concrete Utopia; Interculturality.