What is unattainable? Rethinking utopia and degrowth as a different social imaginary

Sammanfattning: The aim of this thesis is to investigate how degrowth is represented in Swedish media. It uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse the empirical material, consisting of 31 articles from four different newspapers in Sweden. The theoretical framework is called nomadic utopianism, a utopianism which is based on the concept of radical imminence, i.e to do things in the present without having a perfect, blue-print society in mind. The literature review consists of research about degrowth and an ally of degrowth, post-development, which provides the background to the research question. The research question is phrased as follows; how is degrowth represented in Swedish newspapers? The analysis identifies six main themes which serve as the findings; a) pro-degrowth, b) pro-growth, c) green growth, d) limits to growth, e) themes within degrowth without advocating degrowth and finally, f) other observations. The six themes are discussed and related to the theoretical framework. Last, concluding remarks.