The Utopian Thought as a Human Need

U ovom radu analizira se odnos realnosti i utopije i funkcija utopijske svijesti u životima ljudi i historijskom razvoju. U tom kontekstu kreće se od pojma slobode, pokušaja sistematizacije granica (u čovjeku i oko njega) te analize mašte i njenog odnosa prema utopiji (ali i prema granicama i slobodi). Značaj utopijske svijesti nalazi se ne samo u želji za promjenom budućeg već i sadašnjeg u smislu promjene načina života, nalaženja novih istina, dubljih saznanja i otvorenije pozicije prema realnom, ali i prema mogućem. Autorica smatra da tako postavljen pojam utopije dobiva ulogu korektora realnosti, jer svako traganje za idealom mijenja dato i kada do realizacije ideala ne dođe.This paper analyses the relationship between the reality and Utopia, as well as the function of the Utopian thought in the lives of people and in historical development. In this context, we are starting from the concept of freedom, the attempt to systematise limitations — within the man and around him — and an analysis of imagination, as well as its relation to Utopia, to the limitation and to freedom. The importance of the Utopian thought is found not only in the desire to change the future, but also in the desire to change the present, in the sense of changing a way of life, finding new truths, deeper knowledge and a more open position towards the reality, but also towards the possibility. The author thinks that the concept of Utopia presented this way, takes upon itself the role of a corrector of reality, because every search for the ideal changes the given conditions, even if the ideal is not reached