Exploration And Analysis Of The Anti-Utopian Thought Of Modern Liberalism

"Utopia"is a perfect political design for human society. It isn't just an imagination.In the political life, Utopia disavows and transcends the political reality, it is based on the fundamental dimension of universal justice.Utopia has been gaining increasing attention in the contemporary western academic world with its unique character that there exist Utopia and anti-Utopia at the same time. It is obvious, Utopia is facing fierce challenges from all kinds of anti-Utopia schools in globalization. The criticism of liberalism to Utopia is the most fierce.Undoubtedly, In the position of the anti-Utopianism, it is conducive to us view the crises Utopia includes from the opposition. And we can disproof the political meaning of Utopia through analyzing the defects of the criticism of the anti-Utopianism to Utopia. So, by following the theme of the anti-Utopian thought, the thesis explores the rationalities and defects of the anti-Utopian thought and the the inspiration upon the construction of socialism modernization of China on a basis of the unification of logic and history, theroy and practice,hoping it can play the role that offers a few commonplace remarks by way of introduction so that others may come up with valuable opinions.The main body of the thesis consists of four parts:The first part, introduction. Outlines the background and value of the research, the status of the research, the method of the research and the framework.The second part, introduces the basic theories and the practical development of Utopia.Analyzes mainly the scholars'definitions or arguments of utopia in the different periods of history,on the basis of it, definits the concept of Utopia in the political life.Meanwhile,outlines the practical development of Utopia, including the practice of the 19^th century and that of the 20^th century to this day .The third part, dicusses the anti-Utopian thought of modern liberalism. First, overall exploring the theory on the criticism of liberalism to Utopia .Then analyzes concretely its spokesman, Karl Popper's anti-Utopian thought.The forth part, reflects on the modern anti-Utopian thought of modern liberalism. The rationality of the anti-Utopian thought lies in it provides a valuable visual angle for opposing the radical Utopian politics. And the anti-Utopianism focuse on reality, express their own proposition about ideal society, it's a valuable exploration for the development of the reality society. Its theories endow us a morality character of having the courage to undertake responsibility.