Utopia Ancient And Modern

Author : Howard P. Segal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118234402

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Utopias by Howard P. Segal Pdf

This brief history connects the past and present of utopian thought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up to present day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about the societies who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over the centuries Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions of utopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken – prophecies and oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physical communities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspace visions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions of reform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and Modernization Theory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recent years

Author : J. C. Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1983-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521275512

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Utopia and the Ideal Society by J. C. Davis Pdf

This text provides a major study for all those working in the fields of 16th- and 17th-century political and social thought.

Author : Francisco L. Lisi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01
Category : Political science
ISBN : 389665540X

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Utopia, Ancient and Modern by Francisco L. Lisi Pdf

Author : Thomas More
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547685586

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Utopia by Thomas More Pdf

Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.

Author : S. Todd Lowry,Barry Lewis John Gordon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9004099646

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Ancient and Medieval Economic Ideas and Concepts of Social Justice by S. Todd Lowry,Barry Lewis John Gordon Pdf

13 scholars contribute to this survey of past discussions of the workings of economic structures and of justice in interpersonal relations, cultural institutions and the social order. They investigate the sources in each historic period from the world of the Old Testament and the ancient Greeks through to Spanish scholasticism and its offshoots in the Spanish Americas of the 18th century and relate the ideas of writers from the past to modern discussions.

Author : Pierre Destrée,Jan Opsomer,Geert Roskam
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110733419

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Utopias in Ancient Thought by Pierre Destrée,Jan Opsomer,Geert Roskam Pdf

This collection deals with utopias in the Greek and Roman worlds. Plato is the first and foremost name that comes to mind and, accordingly, 3 chapters (J. Annas; D. El Murr; A. Hazistavrou) are devoted to his various approaches to utopia in the Republic, Timaeus and Laws. But this volume's central vocation and originality comes from our taking on that theme in many other philosophical authors and literary genres. The philosophers include Aristotle (Ch. Horn) but also Cynics (S. Husson), Stoics (G. Reydams-Schils) and Cicero (S. McConnell). Other literary genres include comedic works from Aristophanes up to Lucian (G. Sissa; S. Kidd; N.I. Kuin) and history from Herodotus up to Diodorus Siculus (T. Lockwood; C. Atack; I. Sulimani). A last comparative chapter is devoted to utopias in Ancient China (D. Engels).

Author : Krishan Kumar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Group
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Utopian socialism
ISBN : UCSD:31822006471296

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Utopianism by Krishan Kumar Pdf

A text which examines the definition of "utopia". The author argues that it should be seen within its cultural and historical context, as a Western tradition of social and political thought, rather than as a vague universal paradise.

Author : Doyne Dawson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195361506

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Cities of the Gods by Doyne Dawson Pdf

Modern studies of classical utopian thought are usually restricted to the Republic and Laws of Plato, producing the impression that Greek speculation about ideal states was invariably authoritarian and hierarchical. This book, however, sets Plato in the context of the whole ancient tradition of philosophical utopia. It distinguishes two types of Greek utopia, relating both to the social and the political background of Greece between the fifth and third centuries B.C. There was a lower utopianism, meant for literal implementation, which arose from the Greek colonizing movement, and a higher theoretical form which arose from the practical utopias. Dawson focuses on the higher utopianism, whose main theme was total communism in property and family. He attempts to reconstruct the lost utopian works of the Stoics, arguing that their ideal state was universal and egalitarian, in deliberate contrast to the hierarchical and militaristic utopia of Plato; and that both theories were intended to bring about long-range social reform, though neither was meant for direct implementation. Dawson offers an explanation for the disappearance of the utopian tradition in the later Hellenistic age. A final chapter traces the survival of communistic ideas in early Christianity.

Author : William H. Whyte
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780812208504

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The Last Landscape by William H. Whyte Pdf

The remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts of what was once a larger pattern of forests and farms, the "last landscape." According to William H. Whyte, the place to work out the problems of our metropolitan areas is within those areas, not outside them. The age of unchecked expansion without consequence is over, but where there is waste and neglect there is opportunity. Our cities and suburbs are not jammed; they just look that way. There are in fact plenty of ways to use this existing space to the benefit of the community, and The Last Landscape provides a practical and timeless framework for making informed decisions about its use. Called "the best study available on the problems of open space" by the New York Times when it first appeared in 1968, The Last Landscape introduced many cornerstone ideas for land conservation, urging all of us to make better use of the land that has survived amid suburban sprawl. Whyte's pioneering work on easements led to the passage of major open space statutes in many states, and his argument for using and linking green spaces, however small the areas may be, is a recommendation that has more currency today than ever before.

Author : Krishan Kumar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Dystopias
ISBN : 0631148736

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Utopia and Anti-utopia in Modern Times by Krishan Kumar Pdf

Author : Hamish Williams,Ross Clare
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781802079227

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The Ancient Sea by Hamish Williams,Ross Clare Pdf

In the ancient Mediterranean world, the sea was an essential domain for trade, cultural exchange, communication, exploration, and colonisation. In tandem with the lived reality of this maritime space, a parallel experience of the sea emerged in narrative representations from ancient Greece and Rome, of the sea as a cultural imaginary. This imaginary seems often to oscillate between two extremes: the utopian and the catastrophic; such representations can be found in narratives from ancient history, philosophy, society, and literature, as well as in their post-classical receptions. Utopia can be found in some imaginary island paradise far away and across the distant sea; the sea can hold an unknown, mysterious, divine wealth below its surface; and the sea itself as a powerful watery body can hold a liberating potential. The utopian quality of the sea and seafaring can become a powerful metaphor for articulating political notions of the ideal state or for expressing an individual’s sense of hope and subjectivity. Yet the catastrophic sea balances any perfective imaginings: the sea threatens coastal inhabitants with floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes and sailors with storms and the accompanying monsters. From symbolic perspectives, the catastrophic sea represents violence, instability, the savage, and even cosmological chaos. The twelve papers in this volume explore the themes of utopia and catastrophe in the liminal environment of the sea, through the lens of history, philosophy, literature and classical reception. Contributors: Manuel Álvarez-Martí-Aguilar, Vilius Bartninkas, Aaron L. Beek, Ross Clare, Gabriele Cornelli, Isaia Crosson, Ryan Denson, Rhiannon Easterbrook, Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz, Georgia L. Irby, Simona Martorana, Guy Middleton, Hamish Williams.

Author : Jorge Bastos da Silva
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443848909

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The Epistemology of Utopia by Jorge Bastos da Silva Pdf

The emergence of Utopian Studies as a dynamic field of inquiry situated at the crossroads of several disciplines is a striking development of the past few decades. It is symptomatic of a general trend towards the overcoming of epistemological and institutional boundaries, and has borne fruit in a number of ways. The traditions of utopianism have come to be valued as an important nurturing of possibilities, devoted to the critique and the transformation of the world. By undertaking the critical interrogation of the given, utopia is a figure not only of inversion, but of transcendence and fulfilment. The present volume takes into account the international development of Utopian Studies in recent decades. Its aim is to provide critical revisions (revisitings) of the assumptions and methods of the discipline through a set of theoretically-informed essays that focus on a number of different manifestations of utopianism. The topics covered range from Plato’s Republic and More’s Utopia to modern-day cosmopolitics, “glocalization”, and the intersections of fiction with esotericism and science.

Author : Sotirios Triantafyllos
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781648892868

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Topos in Utopia: A peregrination to early modern utopianism’s space by Sotirios Triantafyllos Pdf

'Topos in Utopia' examines early modern literary utopias' and intentional communities' social and cultural conception of space. Starting from Thomas More's seminal work, published in 1516, and covering a period of three centuries until the emergence of Enlightenment's euchronia, this work provides a thorough yet concise examination of the way space was imagined and utilised in the early modern visions of a better society. Dealing with an aspect usually ignored by the scholars of early modern utopianism, this book asks us to consider if utopias' imaginary lands are based not only on abstract ideas but also on concrete spaces. Shedding new light on a period where reformation zeal, humanism's optimism, colonialism's greed and a proto-scientific discourse were combined to produce a series of alternative social and political paradigms, this work transports us from the shores of America to the search for the Terra Australis Incognita and the desire to find a new and better world for us.

Author : Rhiannon Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134487875

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Utopia Antiqua by Rhiannon Evans Pdf

Evans explores the tropes of the utopian and dystopian in ancient Roman texts. She addresses the ways in which concepts of the idealized and degenerate functioned as metaphor and symbol in Roman discourses. Utopia and its inverse are vital markers of cultural yearning and desire.

Author : Peter Marks,Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor,Fátima Vieira
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783030886547

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The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literatures by Peter Marks,Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor,Fátima Vieira Pdf

The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literatures celebrates a literary genre already over 500 years old. Specially commissioned essays from established and emerging international scholars reflect the vibrancy of utopian vision, and its resiliency as idea, genre, and critical mode. Covering politics, environment, geography, body and mind, and social organization, the volume surveys current research and maps new areas of study. The chapters include investigations of anarchism, biopolitics, and postcolonialism and study film, art, and literature. Each essay considers central questions and key primary works, evaluates the most recent research, and outlines contemporary debates. Literatures of Africa, Australia, China, Latin America, and the Middle East are discussed in this global, cross-disciplinary, and comprehensive volume.