The new website of the research group 'Democracy in East Central European utopianism' is now active. Our research group (and the blog) is funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation.
Visit us at www.utopiademocracy.com to read academic blogs about utopia, democracy, Central Europe and related issues.
We are literary scholars and social scientists who primarily study utopian and dystopian texts, focusing on how they reflect on democratic patterns in societies (or their lack). In these blogs we would like to write regularly about the books and scholarly literature we are studying in a way that it would be interesting for everyone.
The focus of our investigation is how utopianism reflects the historical context and conflicts concerning ideas of democracy and good government in Central Europe. We understand democracy as a complex notion, one that not only refers to the political and legal framework of democratic countries, but democracy is also a social structure.
If you would like to know more about such issues, visit our website!