Perfection and progress : two modes of Utopian thought
Language: English
Published by Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1974
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- Hardcover
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Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 219 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; The Republic of Plato -- From Plato to the Renaissance: A Historical Overview -- The Utopia of Thomas More -- The Christianopolis of Johann Valentin Andreae -- The Changing Nature of Utopian Assumptions -- Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward and Equality -- H.G. Wells' A Modern Utopia -- William Dean Howells' A Traveller from Altruria and Through the Eye of the Needle. Subjects; Geschichte 1500-1910. Utopias History. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- Perfection and progress : two modes of Utopian thought
- Author
- Hansot, Elisabeth
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
- Publication year
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 026208077X
- ISBN 13
- 9780262080774
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
Review
"Hansot traces in six utopian commonwealths not so much the issue of their merit or realization but the nature of the utopian thought experiment as a complex mode of inquiry. She is interested in the questions raised about human values, the process of change, and the basis for value judgments. The scholarship and writing are cool and clear. Her choice of examples are: Plato's 'Republic,' More's 'Utopia,' and Andreae's 'Christianopolis' as types of classical thought; and Bellamy's 'Looking Backward,' Wells's 'A Modern Utopia,' and Howells' 'A Traveller from Altruria' and 'Through the Eye of the Needle' as forms of modern thought."
- Virginia Quarterly Review
"Perfection and Progress is a good book.... This work, moreover, is useful for the classroom instructor. Hansot's analysis of the two utopian traditions can be readily incorporated into a variety of lectures, particularly those for Western Civilization courses."
- The History Teacher
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