The international conference Towards A New Society. Transnational Imaginations of Alterantive und Utopian Communities in Romance Cultures Around 1900, which took place June 10–12 at the University of Vienna, explored the role of fiction in this struggle for alternative and utopian forms of political, social, religious, and individual community-building in modern societies that are becoming increasingly functionally differentiated. It asks how these forms correlate with discourses on alternative or utopian societies or communities and how they contribute to them. After all, the period around 1900 brings with it a wealth of literary innovations. Media such as photography, film, and radio open up additional, new possibilities for staging and negotiating socially significant issues.

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