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Item Details
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UTOPIA AND ANTI-UTOPIA IN MODERN TIMES
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| By: |
Krishan Kumar |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0631148736 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780631148739 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
29 January, 1987 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
Aims to show how modern versions of utopia and anti-utopia engage in the debate about the future of modern society, focusing on the role of socialism and science within it. The book asks whether socialism will lead to freedom or to tyranny, and whether science will free us or enslave us. |
| Synopsis: |
This study focuses on the latest phase of the literary tradition of utopia, from the 19th century to the present, in Europe and America. It aims to show how modern versions of utopia and anti-utopia engage in debate about the future of modern society, and especially the role of socialism and science within it. The book asks whether socialism will lead to freedom and fulfillment or to tyranny and conformity, and whether will science free us or enslave us. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishers |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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