Utopia: The History of an Idea
Author:   Gregory Claeys
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
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9780500295526


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   09 January 2020
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Gregory Claeys
Publisher:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint:   Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight:   0.220kg
ISBN:  

9780500295526


ISBN 10:   0500295522
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   09 January 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Search for Utopia * The Classical Age * Christian Archetypes * Extra-European Visions of the Ideal Society * Thomas More's Utopia * Voyages of Discovery to the New World and Beyond * The Age of Defoe and Swift * Revolution and Enlightenment * Ideal Cities: Medieval to Modern * Utopia as Community: From Shakers to Hippies * Socialism, Communism and Anarchism * Rationalism, Technology and Modernity as Utopia * The Emergence of Science Fiction * Varieties of Dystopia: Totalitarianism and After * Utopia, Science Fiction and Film: The Final Frontier * Conclusion: Paradise Lost?

Reviews

'Full and fast-moving' - Herald 'Magisterial' - BBC History Magazine


'Magisterial' - BBC History Magazine 'Full and fast-moving' - Herald 'Well-informed and penetrating' - Irish Catholic 'This excellent survey of the utopian impulse ... has one obvious lesson, dreaming of a better world is one thing, putting it into practice, quite another' - Choice


Author Information

Gregory Claeys has been Professor of the History of Political Thought at Royal Holloway since 1992. His many books include Utopia, Thomas Paine and the Pelican book Marx and Marxism.

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