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A Socialist Utopia in the New South
Author | : William Fitzhugh Brundage |
Publsiher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0252065484 |
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"A definitive account of the Ruskin colonies and of their place in the larger social radical strivings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . Well written and solidly researched, it gives us an understanding of an important quest for heaven on earth." -- Edward K. Spann, author of Brotherly Tomorrows: Movements for a Cooperative Society in America, 1820-1920 This first book-length study of the Ruskin colonies shows how several hundred utopian socialists gathered as a cooperative community in Tennessee and Georgia in the late nineteenth century. The communitarians' noble but fatally flawed act of social endeavor revealed the courage and desperation they felt as they searched for alternatives to the chaotic and competitive individualism of the age of robber barons and for a viable model for a just and humane society at a time of profound uncertainty about public life in the United States.
Thomas More s Socialist Utopia and Ceylon Sri Lanka
Author | : Laksiri Fernando |
Publsiher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1496063074 |
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THOMAS More's Utopia published first in 1516, written in Latin, is one of the foremost discourses on socialism in the modern period. Socialism undoubtedly has a common appeal among the vast majority of the people in Sri Lanka irrespective of ethnicity or any other distinction and most political parties at least pay verbal homage to its principles whether they practice them or not. This is also the case in Australia, where I live now, and many other countries similar or dissimilar to Sri Lanka or Australia. Even Sri Lanka's formal name is called the 'Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.' Many of the 'Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties' in the Constitution are based on some form of socialist principles in the broadest meaning of the term. This could be the result of the profound impact that the left (socialist) parties initially made in people's psyche; socialism as a higher system or value, since early 1930s or it could be the result of some other historical reasons. The political impact of the left parties today, however, is almost insignificant and socio economic system of the country is far away from anything akin to socialism. No political party in power makes any effort to properly implement the 'Directive Principles' in the Constitution and those are not justiciable in law courts in any meaningful manner. Yet people talk about socialism or aspire for its principles perhaps as a way of expressing their dissatisfaction about the present state of affairs both in the economy and in the social system. I was attracted to socialist views fairly early in my life. This was the heyday of the left movement in Sri Lanka in early 1960s. 'Utopian socialism' was a common term used in some leftist theoretical pamphlets, rather in a belittling manner, to make the point that 'their socialism' was scientific following the standard Marxist standpoint. I never had any qualms with that view those days although today I believe that even utopian ideas of socialism have much value sometimes more than the so-called scientific views. That time I didn't have the opportunity to know about Thomas More who in fact had coined the term 'Utopia' for his ideal society or the island until I entered the University of Peradeniya and studied Social and Political Theory in my second year (1965/66) for the special degree in Economics, majoring in Government. I vividly remember our inspiring lecturer, Dr K. H. Jayasinghe, introducing Thomas More and his Utopia in an extremely impressive fashion elucidating different aspects of the new society that More was advocating. Although we were introduced to Socialist Tradition, Moses to Lenin by Alexander Gray (1946) as our main reading and a critical exploration of socialist views including Thomas More's, our major focus was more on modern thinkers both of socialist and liberal strands and among those thinkers, theorists of Saint Simon, Charles Fourier and Robert Owen who emerged after the French Revolution received major attention on the socialist strand. Thus we had little time to go through More's views in detail. During my own teaching thereafter, I had the opportunity to read through different editions of Thomas More's Utopia few times but for teaching purposes I was mainly using Book II of the publication which illustrates his ideas about a new society inter alia economy, society, polity, education and way of life. I always wondered, however, where this Utopia could be, if at all? Although looking for an actual location for a utopian society or land is not always a rational pursuit, the reading of More's Utopia made me think otherwise. I also thought that a real traveller perhaps was behind the Hythloday story, although this was disputed by many reviewers. (Extract from the preface)
American Community
Author | : Mark S. Ferrara |
Publsiher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2019-10-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781978808232 |
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American Community takes us inside forty of our nation's most interesting experiments in collective living, from the colonial era to the present day. By shining a light on these forgotten histories, it shows that far from being foreign concepts, communitarianism and socialism have always been vital parts of the American experience.
Writings of the Utopian Socialists
Author | : Robert Owen,Edward Bellamy,Charles Fourier |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1610010329 |
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A collection of writings from the Utopian Socialists, who tried to build the perfect human societies. Includes Robert Owen's A New View of Society, Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward, and various writings from Charles Fourier. Preface gives brief biographies and a history of Utopian socialism.
The Quest for Utopia in Twentieth Century America
Author | : Timothy Miller |
Publsiher | : Syracuse University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1998-05-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0815627750 |
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This book is the long-anticipated first volume of a two-volume work that will chronicle intentional communities in the twentieth century. Timothy Miller's chronological account is likely to be the standard work on the subject. Communities of the early twentieth century were often obscure and short-lived enterprises that left little trace of themselves. Historical accounts of them are few, and the ephemera such ventures produced have rarely been collected. Miller first looks at the older groups that were operating until I 900. He explores their impact of the early twentieth-century art colonies, and then turns to a decade-by-decade discussion of many dozens of new groups formed up to 1960. His comprehensive perspective—a synopsis of the first sixty years of this century—has never before been undertaken in the study of communal groups.
Communal Utopias and the American Experience
Author | : Robert P. Sutton |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2004-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780313039133 |
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This important study begins with America's first secular utopia at New Harmony in 1824 and traces successive utopian experiments in the United States through the following centuries. For the first time, readers will come to realize that American communalism is not a disjointed, erratic, almost ephemeral part of our past, but has been an on-going, essential part of American history. We have a communal utopian motif that sets the history of the United States apart from any other nation. The utopian communal story is just one other dimension of the Puritan concept that America was a city upon a hill, a beacon light to all the world where the perfect society could be built and could flourish. After discussing New Harmony and other Owenite communities, the author examines nine Fourierist utopias that were built before the Civil War. Next, he analyzes the five Icarian colonies that, collectively, were the longest-lived, non-religious communal experiments in American history. Then, discussion moves to the seven Gilded Age socialist cooperatives, followed by the utopian communities created during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Finally, Sutton turns to the hippie colonies and intentional communities of the last half of the 20th century.
Remaking the Rural South
Author | : Robert Hunt Ferguson |
Publsiher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780820351797 |
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The first book-length study of Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Farm, the two communities that drew on internationalist practices of cooperative communalism and pragmatically challenged Jim Crow segregation and plantation labor in the 1930s and beyond.
Historical Dictionary of Socialism
Author | : Peter Lamb |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 731 |
Release | : 2024-02-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781538159194 |
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Socialism has been an influential force for social change for almost two centuries. Its philosophy and ideology have inspired millions while simultaneously arousing fear and revulsion in its enemies. Having emerged after the French Revolution in the effort to build upon and develop the egalitarian ideas of the Enlightenment, socialism has taken many forms. It has, furthermore, sometimes been manipulated and reformulated by opportunists who have built authoritarianism and totalitarian dictatorships in its name. Opponents seize on such examples to frighten away people who may otherwise have found socialism attractive. Socialism has survived such criticism and misrepresentation as its core principles have struck a chord with generations of people concerned with social justice. Historical Dictionary of Socialism, Fourth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on activists, politicians, political thinkers, political parties and organizations, and key topics, concepts, and aspects of socialist theory. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about socialism.