Utopian Vision: A Grand Solution for a Scholarly Dilemma

摘要

Reconciling the Zen-like paradox on the back of every red pennyout of many, oneis not for the faint of heart. It is a diversity motto, and a lofty desire that the United States claims to covet. But can its citizens, undocumented or otherwise, even agree on what it is? Is not the desire to maintain a strong sense of community in conflict with a Noah's Ark conception of diversity? Using my personal experience in an intentional community determined to foster racial integration, I explore the complicated possibility of having it both ways. To do so, however, we must construct a notion of community, diversity, and The Good Life that will make us believe and work for this synthesis. Our reactions to the word utopia offer a glimpse of the challenges ahead.