Prolonger Abensour : La désobéissance civile comme modalité de l'utopie

Noting that the first decade of the XXIst century was that of a renewal of utopia (marked by the success of the anti-globalization slogan "another world is possible") and, simultaneously, that of an increasingly use of civil disobedience, this article aims to examine the relationship between civil disobedience and utopia. We assume that this socio-historical congruence stems from an elective affinity between civil disobedience and utopia. Moreover, we will show – by extending the analysis of the "new utopian spirit" by Miguel Abensour – that civil disobedience is both a method of utopian conversion and an effectuation of the emancipatory potential of utopia.