| Abstract: | In this diploma thesis, the aim is to present the phenomena of positive liberty, utopia, political metaphor and the related pervasive ideology, as well as the field of imagination and imagining the new, as interconnected constitutive elements of socio-political reality. In this thesis, Rousseau's conception of utopia through his political metaphor of the popular sovereign and the ideological limits of positive freedom, towards which his conceptions tend, are addressed in more detail. My interest is focused on the ideology and utopia, which are typical of the sociocultural imagination, whereas in the thematically second part of the thesis, the theoretical perspectives of the metaphor are explicated. A lot of attention is dedicated particularly to the role it has in the inventive imagining of new and dynamic visions of socio-political projects. Also, Ricoeur's concepts of living and dead metaphor, relevant to our discussion, are examined, and ethical and poetic aspects of imagination and the space of dialogue, opened up by the (empathic) potential of the poetic imagination through the formation and perception of metaphor, are outlined. The perception of (political) metaphors are seen as linked to moments of imagination, creativity, innovation and ontological creativity, which are essential for thinking about good or better models of political philosophies. |
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