A study of social utopias (of European origin, mainly French) in Latin America in the 19th century: a contribution to the defense of utopia as a driving force of human progress, against all forms of utilitarianism and pragmatism.
Translated from the Spanish by Pierre-Luc Abramson (original title:
Las utopías sociales en América Latina en el siglo XIX, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1999).
