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This article examines two inevitable questions when one is writing on Utopia and Portugal: the fact that Raphael Hythloday was identified as being Portuguese and the reception of Utopia in Portugal, no doubt influenced by the fact that the book was forbidden by the Inquisition. It then examines in full detail the six translations of Thomas More's work into European Portuguese, from Agostinho da Silva's partial translation in 1946 to Aires do Nascimento's critical translation in 2006, reflecting on the circumstances of the reception of these translations in the framework of the Portuguese dictatorship.

ABSTRACT
Although the idea of utopia has always been intertwined with both the concept of maritime space and the Portuguese "myth-history," the Portuguese have never generated a truly utopian literary tradition. Still, close contact with French and English literature resulted in the production of some utopias and dystopias, which this article briefly describes. The article further explains how the funding model for academic research in Portugal has shaped the way the field of utopian studies has developed in the country.

Intro -- Index -- Utopia(n) Matters: Introduction -- PART I - UTOPIA MATTERS -- Utopia Matter: a personal testimony -- What is your field? -- On the exit from one's cave: Utopian thoughts on language diversities -- Out to save the world: scholars and the utopian vision -- Why I am a member of the "Party of Utopia -- Utopia Matters? -- Utopia Matters! -- Why Utopia Matters -- Pourquoi l'utopie? -- PART II - UTOPIAN MATTERS -- THEORY -- From Contemporary Utopias to Contemporaneity as a Utopia -- Criticism as Utopia -- Postmodern Utopianism: Deleuze and Guattari and the Escape from Politics -- Brief Notes on Utopia, Dystopia and History -- POLITICS -- The Intersection of Utopianism and Communitarianism -- Holistic Organizations, Intentional Communities, and the Global Peace and Justice Movement: Gaia at Alcatraz, Italy -- Utopia and Agriculture: Reconsidering the Reforms of tha CAP from the Standpoint of Owen's Communitarianism -- The Good Time Coming": British Utopian Socialism in the Wake of 1848 -- Literature and Propaganda: The Socialist Utopia of Robert Blatchford -- Utopian Gesture in the Cold Climate of Thatcherism: Caryl Churchill's Top Girls and Fen -- LITERATURE AND THE ARTS -- The Dynamics of Space in the 20th Century Utopian/Dystopian Fiction -- Art as Utopia in Eutopean Avant-garde Movements -- Art and Aesthetics in Utopia: William Morris's Response to the Challenge of the "Art to the People -- Utopian Music: Music History of the Future in Novels by Bellamy, Callenbach and Huxley -- Music and Utopia - The European Anthem: Kant, Schiller and Beethoven -- Cyberpunk versus Empire: Constructing Technotopia in the New World Order -- Images of Upotia and Dystopia: From the Sea to Hyperspace.

The 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia has directed attention toward the importance of utopianism. This book investigates the possibilities of cooperation between the humanities and the social sciences in the analysis of 20th century and contemporary utopian phenomena. The papers deal with major problems of interpreting utopias, the relationship of utopia and ideology, and the highly problematic issue as to whether utopia necessarily leads to dystopia. Besides reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary utopian investigations, the eleven essays effectively represent the constructive attitudes of utopian thought, a feature that not only defines late 20th- and 21st-century utopianism, but is one of the primary reasons behind the rising importance of the topic. The volume's originality and value lies not only in the innovative theoretical approaches proposed, but also in the practical application of the concept of utopia to a variety of phenomena which have been neglected in the utopian studies paradigm, especially to the rarely discussed Central European texts and ideologies