Utopia and ideology of the modern world
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The article is devoted to the understanding of utopia in XX and XXI centuries and its relation with ideology in contemporary society in the conditions of the process of neoliberal globalization. The study is based on Marxist concept of ideology and Karl Mannheim’s opposition between utopia and ideology. Analyzed close relations utopia with social reality, historical process and the functioning of the human consciousness and subconsciousness. Proved that utopia is important way of cognition of social reality underlying the social critique.