This review examines Chris Horsell's book "Utopian
Thinking and Social Work" (2025), which explores the potential of utopian
thinking as a tool for critical analysis in social work and social
policy. Horsell criticizes the neoliberal approach in social policy and
social work and proposes rehabilitating the possibilities of utopian imagination
for designing a better future. This review examines the theoretical
and practical significance of Horsell's work.
Keywords
utopia; utopian thinking; social policy; social work; neoliberalism; imagining the future.
