Utopia and anti-utopia in modern times
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Utopia and anti-utopia in modern times
B. Blackwell, 1991
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First published 1987
Includes bibliographical references (p. [488]-494) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study focuses on the latest phase of the literary tradition of utopia, from the 19th century to the present, in Europe and America. It aims to show how modern versions of utopia and anti-utopia engage in debate about the future of modern society, and especially the role of socialism and science within it. The book asks whether socialism will lead to freedom and fulfillment or to tyranny and conformity, and whether will science free us or enslave us.
Table of Contents
- Utopianism - ancient and modern
- utopia in 19th-century Europe
- utopia in 19th-century America
- anti-utopia, shadow of utopia
- utopia as socialism - Edward Bellamy and "Looking Backward"
- science and utopia - H.G. Wells and "A Modern Utopia"
- science and anti-utopia - Aldous Huxley and "Brave New World"
- politics and anti-utopia - George Orwell and "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
- the utopia of "behavioural engineering" - B.F. Skinner and "Walden Two".
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