En dossier sobre “500 años de Utopía: lecturas de Tomás Moro[EN] The question posed by this work is to what extent socialism can be utopian; o, in other words, if socialism can be anything but utopian. It explores the appropriation of the term Utopia, coined by Thomas More, to describe a number of nineteenth century authors, called generally socialists. The article analyse the meaning of the label of utopian socialists, in particular its use by Marx and Engels. The argument returns to positive conceptualisations of utopia through the work of a number of Marxist-inspired authors writing between the two world wars. The drive that informed the original concept of Utopia, also informed the fight against capitalism that was sparked by the variou...