Zmieniać przyszłość. Utopianizm na łamach „Młodego Technika”
Change the future. Utopianism in the „Młody Technik”

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the phenomenon of utopianism on the example of texts published in the Polish magazine Młody Technik in the years 1975–1985. The work refers to the findings of leading researchers of utopian studies and Polish thinkers of utopia. The texts are analyzed in terms of the presence of a desire narrative in them. The article also focuses on the multiplicity of problems raised in the texts from the journal. The conducted analyses show a strong presence of utopianism in the mentioned magazine in the declining phase of the Polish People’s Republic. They also allow conclusions regarding the reasons for the popularity of desire narratives. They are the result of the country’s socio-economic situation at that time. The analyzed texts show that it is necessary to revise the current negative view of utopia and to notice its constructive value, most clearly visible in the context of utopianism. Utopianism is one of the most important resentments of postmodernity.

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