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For more than 2,000 years utopian visionaries have sought to create a blueprint of the ideal society: from Plato to HG Wells, from Cloudcuckooland 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...

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For more than 2,000 years utopian visionaries have sought to create a blueprint of the ideal society: from Plato to HG Wells, from Cloudcuckooland 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...

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From the novel to the political manifesto, from satire to science fiction, utopia has always reflected the age that gave rise to it. The Pocket Essential 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, through the emergence of socialist and feminist ideas and to 20th century expressions of totalitarian oppression.

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Critic Reviews

Crams a lot of information into a slim guide...Cleverly written -- William Darragh Fortean Times
Dr Merlin Coverley's pithy new book Utopia -- Duncan Brown Prospect Magazine
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 -- Marialuisa Bignami / University of Milan Modern Language Review

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About the Author

Merlin Coverley is the author of seven books: London Writing, Psychogeography, Occult London, Utopia, The Art of Wandering, South and Hauntology. He lives in London.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oldcastle Books Ltd | Pocket Essentials
Published
19th May 2010
Pages
176
ISBN
9781842433164

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