Sentence examples for utopian impulse from inspiring English sources

"The revolutionaries were motivated by adventure, hope, a utopian impulse," Mr. Marcello said.

This Utopian impulse inevitably went hand-in-hand with benevolent bossiness.

Until the 18th century, no utopian impulse was associated with mountains.

There was, moreover, a utopian impulse behind Matta-Clark's re-use of abandoned buildings.

The final essay addresses the utopian impulse in contemporary global pop.

In any case, the utopian impulse is no longer much in evidence.

A lifelong Democrat, he is nonetheless wary of politicians' centralising or utopian impulses.

Everything is exposed, from James's less utopian impulses to Marny's fence-sitting and latent bigotry.

At the moment each day seems to yield fresh evidence that "gamer culture" is awash with misogyny, racism (hello, Pewdiepie) and homophobia – hardly utopian impulses.

The quest for pure rebellion in some punk rock lyrics reflects the spread of anarchism, or perhaps nihilism -- anarchism without the utopian impulses -- among teenagers.

Zipes looks at the transformation of the Grimms' tales into children's literature, the Americanization of the tales, the "Grimm" aspects of contemporary tales, and the tales' utopian impulses.