Utopia without Ideology

This book explores and proposes original definitions of central terms in political sociology and social theory, including political culture, imaginary, ideology, and utopia, in a manner that renders the individual definitions consistent with one other as part of a single and general conceptual framework for understanding social action.

Ambrogio Santambrogio is Full Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political Science at the University of Perugia, Italy.

Introduction 1. A Finalistic Theory of Social Action 2. Political Culture 3. Social Imaginaries 4. Ideology 5. Utopia Conclusions