International scientific conference contemporary Russian utopia: transformation of the meta-genre: results and prospects

The article provides a conceptual overview of the International Scientific Conference Contemporary Russian Utopia: Transformation of the Meta-Genre (Krasnoyarsk, October 2020), dedicated to the memory of B.F. Egorov, one of the most significant Russian philologists of our time. A brief description of the most striking and significant reports is given. It is becoming obvious that utopia remains the most important tool for studying the future, one of the most dynamically developing meta-genres. This is a general intellectual discourse, the content of which is revealed through the opposition of a certain set of techniques, thematized by the concepts of myth, ritual, eschatology, ideology, at the same time it is an intention immanent in human consciousness as a dream or desire. Thus, the future of utopia is beyond doubt.