T​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​hink about utopia. What does it mean? “Nowhere.” How would you relate the idea of nowhere to readings in Romanticism and in particular to Wagner’s “Flying Dutchman”? Is there an element of nihilism in her ‘suicide’? Is nihilism the​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​n connected to utopia? But on the other hand, utopia is not ‘here,’ but ‘over there.’ On the other side of life, so to speak, it is the absolute otherness, everything that is ‘not yet.’ Hence, it is also hope and freedom. In 400 words, what do you think​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​?

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