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Bezig met laden... The Story of Utopias (1922)door Lewis Mumford
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Eminent cultural critic Lewis Mumford's first book, The Story of Utopias, is a fascinating survey of the development of the concept of "utopia." Mumford examines the major utopias--discussing Plato's Republic and Thomas More's Utopia, among others--concluding with a look at the prospects for utopia as it relates to the realities of urban planning. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The book opens with a discussion of utopia, either the eutopia or good place, or the outopia or no place. (Later he discusses kakotopia or bad place, what we might call today dystopia although he never uses that term.) He then discusses the merits of several utopias, among them Plato’s Republic, Andreae’s Christopolis, More’s Utopia, on to Bellamy’s Looking backward and many more. From the beginning simplicity of reconstructing the world order to escape from life’s problems to complex solutions, each has roots in the society for which it was written. He also covers utopian communities in Europe and America, national utopias, and a thoughtful essay on the country house, a theme to which he will return in his later work. In addition to a bibliography, there is also an annotated list of utopias that he has discussed.
It is odd today not to see the two most famous works on utopia, Brave new world and 1984, but we see the precursors in other utopian novels. Yes, there are many more up to date books on the history of utopias but this one has a charm that makes reading it well worth the time. ( )