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"The Utopia Reader compiles primary texts from a variety of authors and movements across history that have explored how to envision different ways of life, and why we do so. The volume includes texts ranging from classical Greek literature, the Old Testament, and Plato's Republic, to Sir T...
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New York University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: |
"The Utopia Reader compiles primary texts from a variety of authors and movements across history that have explored how to envision different ways of life, and why we do so. The volume includes texts ranging from classical Greek literature, the Old Testament, and Plato's Republic, to Sir Thomas More's Utopia, to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and beyond. By balancing well-known and obscure examples, this volume provides a comprehensive and definitive collection of the various ways Utopias have been conceived throughout history and how Utopian ideals have served as criticisms of existin |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 545 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781479837076 (paperback) : 1479837075 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PN6071 |
| CLC: | I106 |
| Call Number: | I106/U91/2nd ed. |