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What place do utopian ideals have in contemporary politics? In the context of economic downturn, global climate change and theoretical perspectives such as 'risk society', the world we live in today seems to be intensely aware of the problems that we face and the lack of solutions generated by traditional, cynical politics and politicians. Utopian Politics examines the idea of an alternative and utopian political life, inspired by post-structural anarchist theory. It argues that a new methodology is possible in politics and citizenship studies to offer an optimistic and theoretically rigorous...

This book is open access.The idea that automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics might lead to a utopian future for humanity is a powerful one both in mainstream and radical discourse. The paradigm of ‘Industry 4.0’ where digital manufacturing enables the seamless production of goods (and services) and ‘lights out’ factories where machines and robots effortlessly produce for our future needs and wants are powerful drivers of a capitalist, free market cybertopia. For some radicals, technology and automation produce the conditions for a Fully Automated Luxury Communism,...