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Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities
Contributor(s): Segal, Howard P. (Author)

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ISBN: 1405183284     ISBN-13: 9781405183284
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE: $39.43  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism
- Political Science | Utopias
Dewey: 335.83
LCCN: 2011049094
Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.80 lbs) 304 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2013
 
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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
 
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