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9781501317705

Cities at the End of the World Using Utopian and Dystopian Stories to Reflect Critically on our Political Beliefs, Communities, and Ways of Life

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    9781501317705

  • ISBN10:

    1501317709

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2016-01-28
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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Summary

This book undertakes a critical examination of contemporary political problems through discussions of three utopian and three dystopian texts.

Selected stories from Morris, Orwell, More, Bellamy, Neville, and Zamyatin are used to generate questions about fundamental economic, political, and social problems, human nature, and conceptions of the good life. This unique work is an exceptional resource for all students of political philosophy and utopian literature, as well as for general readers interested in political affairs.

Author Biography

David J. Lorenzo received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is an Associate Professor, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Utopia (Thomas More)
3. Isle of Pines (Henry Neville)
4. Looking Backward (Edward Bellamy)
5. News from Nowehere (William Morris)
6. We (Evgeni Zamyatin)
7. Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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