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Gregory Claeys - The Utopia Reader, Second Edition - 9781479864652 - V9781479864652
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The Utopia Reader, Second Edition

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Description for The Utopia Reader, Second Edition Hardcover. Editor(s): Claeys, Gregory; Sargent, Lyman Tower. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 957.

The Utopia Reader compiles primary texts from a variety of authors and movements in the history of theorizing utopias.
Utopianism is defined as the various ways of imagining, creating, or analyzing the ways and means of creating an ideal or alternative society. Prominent writers and scholars across history have long explored how or why to envision different ways of life. The volume includes texts 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, the text provides a comprehensive and definitive ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479864652
SKU
V9781479864652
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Gregory Claeys
Gregory Claeys is Professor of the History of Political Thought at the University of London, and author of several books. Lyman Tower Sargent, Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, is author and editor of numerous books including Extremism in America and Political Thought in the United States.

Reviews for The Utopia Reader, Second Edition
"The Utopia Reader is the place to start a literary voyage into new futures, possible futures, and dangerous alternative futures. These well-selected readings let the reader know that there is neither a shared perfect future nor a shared perfect interpretation. Accessible and provocative."
Jean Pfaelzer,author of The Utopian Novel in America: the Politics of a Literary Form "How utopianto ... Read more

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