in an age of catastrophe is there still a place for utopian dreams? Or might our shared vulnerability be the key?
- Written by: Bryan Stanley Turner, Professor of Sociology, Australian Catholic University
A stuffed toy at the site of collapsed buildings after the earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, 17 February 2023.Martin Divisek/EPAAs utopian oases dry up, a desert of banality, and bewilderment spreads …
– Jürgen Habermas (1986)
The last few years have been truly catastrophic. One might easily argue that, during “The COVID...