Author : Howard P. Segal
Release : 2012-03-02
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 316/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Utopias by : Howard P. Segal
Download or read book Utopias written by Howard P. Segal. This book was released on 2012-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief history connects the past and present of utopianthought, from the first utopias in ancient Greece, right up topresent day visions of cyberspace communities and paradise. Explores the purpose of utopias, what they reveal about thesocieties who conceive them, and how utopias have changed over thecenturies Unique in including both non-Western and Western visions ofutopia Explores the many forms utopias have taken – propheciesand oratory, writings, political movements, world's fairs, physicalcommunities – and also discusses high-tech and cyberspacevisions for the first time The first book to analyze the implicitly utopian dimensions ofreform crusades like Technocracy of the 1930s and ModernizationTheory of the 1950s, and the laptop classroom initiatives of recentyears