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Historical Dictionary of Utopianism (Hardcover, New)
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Historical Dictionary of Utopianism (Hardcover, New)
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
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This Dictionary contains more than 600 dictionary entries on
utopian thought and experimentation that span the centuries from
ancient times to the present. The text not only covers utopian
communities worldwide, but also its ideas from the well known such
as those expounded in Thomas More's Utopia, and the ideas of
philosophers and reformers from ancient times, the Middle Ages, the
Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and from notable 20th-century
figures. Included are the descriptions of utopian experiments
attempted in the United Sates such as those of the Shakers, Oneida,
Robert Owen, and the Fourierists, and elsewhere throughout the
world from Europe to Australia, Latin America, and the Far East.
Major utopian literary works and their literary counterparts and
dystopian novels are also profiled because these have fueled the
fires of time-honored arguments about the feasibility of creating a
perfect society. From the early theoreticians and thinkers who
proposed republican, democratic, and authoritarian innovations; to
those who sought equality of classes, races, and genders; to those
who insisted on hierarchy under a supreme leader, or god; and to
those who had more practical economic, social, and ethical plans,
this reference enables the reader to explore the Western mind's
desire to improve the world and the lives of the people within it
as utopianism has persisted over the centuries. Includes: Persons,
plans, and attempts associated with utopianism, An introductory
essay, Chronology, An extensive bibliography, An appendix listing
the names and locations of utopian communities worldwide.
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