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This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise.
  • Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries
  • Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia
  • Explores the many forms utopias have taken – prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physical communities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time
  • The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years

Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities

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This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 19/04/2012
    ISBN13: 9781405183291, 978-1405183291
    ISBN10: 1405183292

    Number of Pages: 304

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    Description

    This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise.
    • Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries
    • Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia
    • Explores the many forms utopias have taken – prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physical communities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time
    • The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years

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