Every utopia is both a centre and a periphery. It is the centre by virtue of the hopes, dreams, desires, intentions and designs that its believers and/or inhabitants invest in it. At the same time, from inception, a utopia is outside the centre because a utopia is an instance of difference: an act of resistance, a declaration of independence issued in response to an existing injurious, oppressive, or unjust system that dominates and dictates. read more …