Utopian Thought In The Western World
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Utopian Thought in the Western World
Author | : Frank Edward MANUEL,Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel,Frank Edward Manuel |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 907 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780674040564 |
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The authors have structured five centuries of utopian invention by identifying successive constellations, groups of thinkers joined by common social and moral concerns. Within this framework they analyze individual writings, in the context of the author's life and of the socio-economic, religious, and political exigencies of his time.
Utopian Thought in the Western World
Author | : Frank Edward Manuel,Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 914 |
Release | : 1979-10-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674931858 |
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The authors have structured five centuries of utopian invention by identifying successive constellations, groups of thinkers joined by common social and moral concerns. Within this framework they analyze individual writings, in the context of the author's life and of the socio-economic, religious, and political exigencies of his time.
Utopian Thought in the Western World
Author | : Frank Edward Manuel,Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:900265291 |
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Utopian Thought in the Western World
Author | : Frank Edward Manuel,Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674931866 |
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Ranging over several centuries, this history of utopian thought describes the thinkers and the dreamers (and their visions of an ideal social order) who have left their mark on the thought of later generations
Utopia
Author | : New York Public Library |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Utopias |
ISBN | : 0195141105 |
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This is a catalogue for the exhibition of the same name and showcases more than 400 books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, maps, photographs and other original material from the New York Public Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. The book explores the long tradition of thought and art that has envisioned the perfect place.
Thinking Utopia
Author | : Jörn Rüsen,Michael Fehr,Thomas Rieger |
Publsiher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1845453042 |
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After the breakdown of socialist and communist systems in the East, it had become fashionable to declare the so-called "end of utopia" ("end of history," "end of narratives"). The authors of this volume do not share this view but think that it is time to rehabilitate utopian thought. The political concept of Utopia that has given its name to these transcendental projections onto the world has been too narrow to describe and analyze the moving forces of the mind perceiving human existence beyond reality. By broadening the perspectives of utopian studies, these essays enable the reader to reconstruct scholarly paradigms and strategies of utopian, complex and holistic thinking in modern cosmology, philosophy, sociology, in literary, historical and political sciences, and to compare traditions and ways of Western utopian thought to the practice in the East.
Utopia
Author | : Thomas More |
Publsiher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2023-12-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : EAN:8596547685586 |
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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.
Utopian Legacies
Author | : John Mohawk |
Publsiher | : Santa Fe, N.M. : Clear Light Publishers |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015042405020 |
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Paradoxically, contemporary horrors like ethnic cleansing are deeply rooted in humanity's highest aspirations, which have given rise to countless similar upheavals and atrocities perpetrated over millennia. Although the ideals embodied in religion and philosophy are considered to be humanity's prime "civilising" force, religions that preach love have been used to justify bloody massacres, and utopian ideals have fomented intolerance and persecution of those who were perceived as obstacles to the realisation of an ideal society. John Mohawk, a distinguished Native American historian, examines this paradox and traces the role of utopian thinking as the rationale for religious wars, subjugation of indigenous peoples, genocide, enslavement, plunder, economic domination, and campaigns of world conquest from the time of the ancient Greeks. Mohawk examines the hidden dynamic within utopian thinking and the danger it poses when it is adopted by powerful groups who use it to serve their own interests. He points out that the danger lies not in the utopian ideal itself but in the parallel assumption that its followers are in possession of the only "truth" and are therefore justified in forcing their "better way of life" on other cultures or nations for the ultimate good of humanity. In a gripping historical narrative, Mohawk traces the impact of utopian thinking on the rise of Western culture in ancient Greece and Rome, the emergence of the Christian empire, and the holy wars of the Middle Ages. Showing how this mindset has shaped Western development, he makes it clear that the utopian legacy still influences contemporary social and political movements at home and abroad. Our greatest challenge is to find ways to defuse its harmful effects on cultures different from our own, while preserving our aspirations and personal ideals. Mohawk argues that only a pluralistic outlook can truly support peace and understanding among the peoples of the world.