![]() ![]() Īs these examples illustrate, this renewed social-theoretical interest in the speculative tends much more towards utopia than dystopia. Similarly, Matt Dawson points to how social theorists like Émile Durkheim have long used the tools of sociology to critique and offer alternative visions of society. Ruth Levitas explicitly advocates a utopian approach to sociology: a provisional, reflexive, and dialogic method for exploring alternative possible futures that she terms the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society. Like Wells, recent sociological thinkers believe that the kind of imagination on display in speculative literature valuably contributes to understanding and thinking critically about society. Wells’ view that “the creation of Utopias-and their exhaustive criticism-is the proper and distinctive method of sociology”. Social theorists are increasingly showing interest in the speculative-in the application of the imagination to the future. ![]()
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