We present an integrative theoretical model that specifies social psychological mechanisms by which utopian thinking, which activates the social imagination, may enhance collective action intentions oriented toward social change and human progress. The model synthesizes complementary insights from interdisciplinary research programs on utopianism, hope, construal level, and system justification to identify mechanisms by which imagining better societies: (a) increases social hope, (b) yields an abstract mindset that bridges the psychological distance between the status quo (“here and now”) and a better possible future, (c) decreases system justification motivation, and (d) promotes social justice-oriented forms of collective action.

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想象一个更好的社会：一个研究乌托邦思想和集体行动的社会心理学框架

我们提出了一个综合的理论模型，该模型指定了社会心理机制，通过这种机制，乌托邦思维可以激发社会想象力，从而增强针对社会变革和人类进步的集体行动意图。该模型综合了来自跨学科研究计划的关于乌托邦主义，希望，建构水平和系统合理性的补充见解，以识别构想更好的社会的机制：（a）增加社会希望，（b）产生一种抽象的思维方式，弥合了两者之间的心理距离。现状（“现在和现在”）和更美好的未来；（c）降低系统辩解的动机，（d）促进以社会正义为导向的集体行动形式。