Word: utopianizing
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...troops came to liberate us, we rushed into the streets, leaving our most valuable attributes behind as if they belonged to the enemy." It is not an argument for sweet maternal submission to the household gods but for an admission that, unless society is transformed in an almost Utopian way (far beyond merely providing daycare centers), women cannot free themselves totally from the destiny of raising children. It is also a recognition that the hard choices about families, children and careers cannot be made entirely through cold ideology...
...best "learning environments" for educating them-and having done so, been found winners. The children of these elect "cope" well, "adapt" well, are able to assert themselves without "anxiety," get along with others without too much "frustration." In both instances one detects at least a thread or two of Utopian thinking. Whether it be prayer and Christian piety or psychological "insight" and the "sensitivity" that is offered in "groups" or by individual experts, the point is to apply what one has been trying to obtain (God's grace, a psychiatrist's knowledge) to children. Thereby one builds something...
...previous activities had alienated the Court; his new creed divorced him from the Russian literary circles, which remained primarily oriented towards utopian socialism and anarchism. Anna describes his love-hate relationship with both the political and literary establishments. He became ecstatic upon reading a favorable opinion of himself in comparison to Tolstoy, and constantly complained about literary "cliques" from which he felt excluded. He cut off relations with a life-long friend who had failed to introduce him to Tolstoy. Towards the end, Dostoevsky cultivated the friendship of Grand Dukes, and expressed his admiration for Tsar Alexander III. The last...
...landscape is bleak. But the Bicentennial finds some thoughtful Americans seeking a renewed sense of covenant and virtue, even though the concept embarrasses many. Few speak of moral progress or Utopian hopes in a moment like ours. Yet it is possible that today too little is made of those rare virtues that we do possess. The Catholic bishops' committee that came to scold stayed also to praise. "Many of the new emphases are positive and praiseworthy: sensitivity to the dignity and fundamental equality of all men and women; increased concern for individual self-realization; broadened perception of the moral...
...report of the commission envisions a somewhat utopian community, removed by 160 miles and the Elburz Mountains from Iran's crowded urban nightmare, Teheran. The planned city is supposed to grow to include 50,000 people as well as an undergraduate college, a secondary school and health facilities...