Utopianism: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Utopianism: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780199573400

ISBN-10: 0199573409

ISBN-13: 9780199573400

Edition: 2010

Authors: Lyman Tower Sargent

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There are many debates about utopia - What constitutes a utopia? Are utopias benign or dangerous? Is the idea of utopianism essential to Christianity or heretical? What is the relationship between utopia and ideology? This Very Short Introduction explores these issues and examines utopianism and its history. Lyman Sargent discusses the role of utopianism in literature, and in the development of colonies and in immigration. The idea of utopia has become commonplace in social and political thought, both negatively and positively. Some thinkers see a trajectory from utopia to totalitarianism with violence an inevitable part of the mix. Others see utopia directly connected to freedom and as a…

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List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 9/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 4.45" wide x 6.85" long x 0.36" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English