Rise Of Utopia
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Rise Of Utopia
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Author : Tanagrid Chongkittiraks
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2010-03-18
Rise Of Utopia written by Tanagrid Chongkittiraks and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-18 with Fiction categories.
Rise of Utopia is a land that most people would dream the world and humanity to be, under the current situation of individual’s dissatisfaction. It wants to draw attention of the world readers to realize the world’s myth of an unknown mysterious nation – UTOPIA. The past, the current and the future story of the book do not all match today’s truth. But, they are somehow related in the possibility of author’s imagination and any incident may be twisted as the reader reads on.
Bourgeois Utopias
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Author : Robert Fishman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-11-03
Bourgeois Utopias written by Robert Fishman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-11-03 with Social Science categories.
A noted urban historian traces the story of the suburb from its origins in nineteenth-century London to its twentieth-century demise in decentralized cities like Los Angeles.
The Rise And Fall Of An African Utopia
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Author : Stanley Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2010-10-30
The Rise And Fall Of An African Utopia written by Stanley Barrett and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-30 with History categories.
In 1947 a group of Yoruba-speaking fishermen who had been persecuted because of their religious beliefs founded their own community in order to worship in peace. Although located in an impoverished part of Nigeria, within a few years the village enjoyed remarkable economic success. This was partly because the fishermen held all goods in common, pooled the profits in the community treasury, and attempted to reduce the importance of the family and marriage. After about a generation the utopia began to fall apart. The early religious zeal faded, private enterprise replaced communalism, and the family became strong once more. In an attempt to explain the initial success and eventual decline of the utopia, the author compares it with neighbouring villages that embraced similar religious beliefs but did not enjoy the same economic success. He sets the problem firmly in a broad comparative framework and draws the implications for theories of development, especially Weber’s Protestant ethic thesis.
Utopia
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Author : Merlin Coverley
language : en
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
Release Date : 2012-04-05
Utopia written by Merlin Coverley and has been published by Oldcastle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with Political Science categories.
For more than 2,000 years utopian visionaries have sought to create a blueprint of the ideal society: from Plato to HG Wells, from Cloud cuckoo land to Shangri-La, the utopian impulse has generated a vast body of work, encompassing philosophy and political theory, classical literature and science fiction. And yet these utopian dreams have often turned to nightmare, as utopia gives way to its dark reflection, dystopia. Utopia takes the reader on a journey through these imaginary worlds, charting the progress of utopian ideas from their origins within the classical world, to the rebirth of utopian ideals in the Middle Ages. Later we see the emergence of socialist and feminist ideas; while the twentieth century was to be dominated by expressions of totalitarian oppression. From the novel to the political manifesto, from satire to science fiction, utopias have always reflected the age that gave rise to them, and this guide will explore this historical context, offering both an analysis of the key texts and an account of their political and cultural background. Today, it is claimed that we are witnessing the death of utopia, as increasingly the ideals that give rise to them are undermined or dismissed. These arguments are explored and evaluated here, and contemporary examples of utopian thought used to demonstrate the enduring relevance of the utopian tradition. 'Crams a lot of information into a slim guide...Cleverly written' - Fortean Times 'Although a slim paperback, this book turns out to be quite exhaustive on the chosen topic and, in its brevity, to be quite original in its perspective as well' - Modern Language Review
More After More
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Author : Ksenia Olkusz
language : pl
Publisher: Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
Release Date : 2017-01-01
More After More written by Ksenia Olkusz and has been published by Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with categories.
The twenty-six essays which compose this collection cover a substantial range of both historical and theoretical themes, indicating at the least that the utopian idea thrives today across a number of disciplines as well as in domains (like computer games) which are themselves of recent origin and which indicate that utopia can also be addressed as an aspect of the internal psychic fantasy world. There is some consideration here of the lengthy and complex historical relationship between utopian ideals and religion. There is some effort to reconsider practical efforts to found actual communities which embody utopian ideals. Several authors revisit the emotional substrata of utopian aspiration rendered accessible through music in particular. Literature is here nonetheless the chief focus, in keeping with the form of Thomas More’s original text and that of the tradition which has imitated and satirised it. The themes represented here mirror in literary form the dystopian drift in the external world discussed above. Many of the leading authors of post-totalitarian dystopian fiction are included here, notably (to name but a few) Margaret Atwood, Robert Heinlein, J.G. Ballard, David Foster Wallace and, most recently, Michel Houellebecq. Within these treatments, the possibilities are explored that dystopia may emerge from or assume the form of racist regimes, environmental destruction, corporate dictatorship, or religious fundamentalism, or some combination of these factors. Such potential outcomes of modernity need, the authors of this volume also assure us, to be balanced against the utopian promise which bodily remodelling entertains, and the possibility of longevity which scientific and technical advances encapsulate as the epitome of modern individualist utopianism.
After Utopia
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Author : Nicholas Spencer
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2006
After Utopia written by Nicholas Spencer and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Criticism categories.
By developing the concept of critical space, this work presents a genealogy of 20th century American fiction. It argues that the radical American fiction of Jack London, Upton Sinclair, John Dos Passos, and Josephine Herbst re-imagines the spatial concerns of late 19th century utopian American texts.
Trying Home
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Author : Justin Wadland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Trying Home written by Justin Wadland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
The true story of an anarchist colony on a remote Puget Sound peninsula, Trying Home traces the history of Home, Washington, from its founding in 1896 to its dissolution amid bitter infighting in 1921. As a practical experiment in anarchism, Home offered its participants a rare degree of freedom and tolerance in the Gilded Age, but the community also became notorious to the outside world for its open rejection of contemporary values. Using a series of linked narratives, Trying Home reveals the stories of the iconoclastic individuals who lived in Home, among them Lois Waisbrooker, an advocate of women's rights and free love, who was arrested for her writings after the assassination of President McKinley; Jay Fox, editor of The Agitator, who defended his right to free speech all the way to the Supreme Court; and Donald Vose, a young man who grew up in Home and turned spy for a detective agency. Justin Wadland weaves his own discovery of Home--and his own reflections on the concept of home--into the story, setting the book apart from a conventional history. After discovering the newspapers published in the colony, Wadland ventures beyond the documents to explore the landscape, travelling by boat along the steamer route most visitors once took to the settlement. He visits Home to talk with people who live there now. Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Trying Home will fascinate scholars and general readers alike, especially those interested in the history of the Pacific Northwest, utopian communities, and anarchism.
Utopia Limited
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Author : Marianne DeKoven
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2004-05-10
Utopia Limited written by Marianne DeKoven and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-10 with History categories.
DIVThe end of the modern and the emergence of the postmodern in 1960s philosophy, literature, and popular culture./div
The English Utopia
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Author : Arthur Leslie Morton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
The English Utopia written by Arthur Leslie Morton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Utopias categories.
"A.L. Morton's classic 1952 study of utopias in the context of British social history constitutes one of the earliest sustained engagements with the social and ideological sources of the utopian imagination, the transformation of its function, content and direction in different historical moments, the importance of the class struggle for literary production and of literary production for cultural, if not political hegemony. Traversing English literary history from the medieval poem on the Land of Cockaygne to Sir Thomas More and his Puritan revisions in the seventeenth century, to Defoe's and Swift's paradigmatic adaptations of utopian and dystopian themes and from thence to William Morris's towering achievement in News from Nowhere and the subsequent decline of the genre and the eventual rise of anti-utopian and dystopian strains in the early twentieth century, The English Utopia remains provocative and critically engaging more than seventy years after its original publication, testifying to the vitality of British Marxist Literary Criticism from its earliest inception. In addition to charting its significance as an intervention, the present edition also brings to light Morton's complex role as Left political activist, historian, scholarly catalyst and cultural critic-a paradigmatic instance of the engaged and public intellectual"--
Utopia Rising
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Author : Matthew L. Sexton
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-08-24
Utopia Rising written by Matthew L. Sexton and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-24 with Philosophy categories.
Back Cover Text: If you assume the progression of humanity points to a pattern, then nearly everything you encounter in life is a piece of data in the puzzle of mankind's fate. Does it paint a doom and gloom prospect or is it going somewhere amazing?Matthew Sexton's debut novel is a glimpse into the evolution of humanity and its inherent potential going forward. The goal to marginalize pessimism and negativity is critical to our efforts of progression. But it is not just optimism or wishful thinking that Sexton professes; it's realism based on the wonders of the modern world. Knowledge and its results, such as technology and standardized practices which have proven their worth, are not the products of a single individual's efforts but a “collective consciousness,” a concerted, connected effort that portends an extraordinary future of boundless possibility. There is no reason to assume this progress is reaching its boundaries or even that they are in sight.Thought provoking and sound in principle, Utopia Rising probes without cynicism and with a desire for deeper understanding of the overall complexity, interrelatedness, and nature of our beings. It then goes on to offer suggestions on how to maximize the efforts toward the long range goals and thoughts on what will eventually prove to be the ideals of a future built by mankind's incredible ability to achieve.Author's Description: The first half of the book looks to the future by considering the distant past and where the long view suggests we are heading as a species. It also points out certain aspects of society that are in need of change, and makes suggestions on how to bring them into better light. The last half of the book considers society's view of its governance and the expected changes for the distant future. Primarily, the question is put forward as to what defines civility in society and what methods of social function will prove to be the most ideal. Hopefully, it is a social commentary somewhat detached from day-to-day events. Events too often focused on, to the extent that all other issues are excluded from the question of humanity's fate. The answer to which, could have serious implications on day-to-day life and society's long range goals. In the forest of our history and potential futures (the macroviews) we are often too close to the trees (our microviews). The combination of such varied views brings resolution to the picture of the real, a picture we need in as much clarity as possible if we are to chart an effective course to the future we seek.