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Book Synopsis
A worldwide survey on the idea of utopia, from classical mythology to contemporary science fiction.

Trade Review
'Magisterial' - BBC History Magazine
'Full and fast-moving' - Herald
'Well-informed and penetrating' - Irish Catholic
'This excellent survey of the utopian impulse … has one obvious lesson, dreaming of a better world is one thing, putting it into practice, quite another' - Choice

Table of Contents
The Search for Utopia • The Classical Age • Christian Archetypes • Extra-European Visions of the Ideal Society • Thomas More’s Utopia • Voyages of Discovery to the New World and Beyond • The Age of Defoe and Swift • Revolution and Enlightenment • Ideal Cities: Medieval to Modern • Utopia as Community: From Shakers to Hippies • Socialism, Communism and Anarchism • Rationalism, Technology and Modernity as Utopia • The Emergence of Science Fiction • Varieties of Dystopia: Totalitarianism and After • Utopia, Science Fiction and Film: The Final Frontier • Conclusion: Paradise Lost?

Utopia The History of an Idea

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      Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Published 9 January 2020
      ISBN-13 9780500295526
      978-0500295526
      ISBN-10 0500295522
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      History of ideas

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A worldwide survey on the idea of utopia, from classical mythology to contemporary science fiction.

      Trade Review
      'Magisterial' - BBC History Magazine
      'Full and fast-moving' - Herald
      'Well-informed and penetrating' - Irish Catholic
      'This excellent survey of the utopian impulse … has one obvious lesson, dreaming of a better world is one thing, putting it into practice, quite another' - Choice

      Table of Contents
      The Search for Utopia • The Classical Age • Christian Archetypes • Extra-European Visions of the Ideal Society • Thomas More’s Utopia • Voyages of Discovery to the New World and Beyond • The Age of Defoe and Swift • Revolution and Enlightenment • Ideal Cities: Medieval to Modern • Utopia as Community: From Shakers to Hippies • Socialism, Communism and Anarchism • Rationalism, Technology and Modernity as Utopia • The Emergence of Science Fiction • Varieties of Dystopia: Totalitarianism and After • Utopia, Science Fiction and Film: The Final Frontier • Conclusion: Paradise Lost?

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