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Utopia: The Potential and Prospect of the Human Condition Hardcover - 2017
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- Title Utopia: The Potential and Prospect of the Human Condition
- Author George Kateb
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2017
- ISBN 9781138540170 / 113854017X
- Dewey Decimal Code 335.02
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Hardback. New. Amid the twentieth century's seemingly overwhelming problems, some thinkers dared to envisage a world order governed by utopian proposals that would eliminate--or at least alleviate--the evils of society and secure positive advantages for all human beings. Others found this utopian optimism a hopeless fantasy and predicted a utopian order only repressiveness, boredom, and the impoverishment of human experience. The unique gathering of articles in Utopia vividly demonstrates the tension existing between utopian ideas and their proponents and the severe criticism of their adversaries. Among utopia's enthusiastic supporters, B. F. Skinner outlines the educational practices needed to sustain his concept of utopia, while Margaret Mead sets forth a bold defense of utopian vision in her article "Towards More Vivid Utopias." In active opposition to modern utopian idealism, Ralf Dahrendorf, the prominent German sociologist and politician, compares utopia with a…
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Taylor & Francis, 2017. Hardcover. New. 160 pages. 9.01x5.98x1.42 inches.
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