%0 Journal Article %T Utopia %A Sotiris Gakos %J Intellectum %D 2010 %I Intellectum Scientific Society %X The present article introduces the concept of utopia through the works of thinkers such as Thomas More, Lewis Mumford and Karl Mannheim. It raises the question whether utopia is necessary nowadays and responds positively ¡°since subversion, which is utopia¡¯s main feature, is what is missing from society; a mood subversion, a subversion of crisis and peoples¡¯ unpleasant psychology¡±. %K utopia %K Thomas More %K Lewis Mumford %K Karl Mannheim %K La Citta del Sole %K Tomasso Campanella %K New Atlantis %K Francis Bacon %K News from Nowhere %K William Morris %K Herland %K Charlotte Perkin Gilman %K Lost Horizon %K James Hilton %K Lewis Mamford %K The Story of Utopias %K Karl Manheim %U http://intellectum.org/articles/issues/intellectum7/ITL07_074077_Peri_Outopias.pdf