Journey through Utopia A Critical Examination of Imagined Worlds in Western Literature

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Journey through Utopia A Critical Examination of Imagined Worlds in Western Literature by Berneri, Marie Louise; Adams, Matthew S.; Woodcock, George; Firth, Rhiannon; Robinson, Kim Stanley, 9781629636467
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  • ISBN: 9781629636467 | 1629636460
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 8/15/2019

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Journey through Utopia is a richly detailed and critically compelling examination of utopian literature, beginning with Plato’s Republic and continuing through to Huxley’s Brave New World. Utopias have been penned with diverse intentions: some as pictures of an ideal society, some as blueprints for action, some, especially in times of severe censorship, as covert criticisms of existing conditions. Marie Louise Berneri exposes the dark shadow that lingers above most utopian works by emphasizing the intolerant and authoritarian nature of these visions, warning of the doom that awaits those foolish enough to put their trust in an ordered and regimented world. Journey through Utopia is a necessary companion, and in many cases an antidote, to imagined fictions from antiquity to the present.
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