Utopia and democracy

Abstract

This article makes a counterpoint between these two concepts, questioning whether there is an irreducible antinomy between them, and aims to explore a conjunction between the exuberance of utopia and the sobriety of democracy. In its development, the author reviews the installed idea that utopia can only be totalitarian, and seeks to restore to utopia its capacity of movement. Delving into the concepts of democracy and utopia proposes a new connection between the two, placing democracy and utopia under the sign of the human.