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Utopias A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

21.05.2012

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

304

Maße (L/B/H)

21,7/14,1/1,5 cm

Gewicht

336 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-8328-4

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"Segal does a good job of surveying the history of utopias, particularly focusing on the connections with science and technology. Histories of this topic tend to highlight the religious or cultural motivations for writing about or creating utopian societies, but here the author expands the discussion to include virtual communities ... This text provides a unique approach for teaching history and the history of science. Highly recommended: general readers; lower-division undergraduates and above." Choice (1 February 2013) "Segal brings considerable scholarship and experience to bear, particularly on the historical intersections between technology and utopia ... [He] covers several continents and many centuries, addressing key texts and thinkers ... [and] supplies impressive coverage and thoughtful interpretations." Times Higher Education (12 July 2012)

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

21.05.2012

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

304

Maße (L/B/H)

21,7/14,1/1,5 cm

Gewicht

336 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4051-8328-4

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  • Preface xi

    Introduction 1

    1 The Nature of Utopias 5

    Utopias Defined 5

    Utopias Differ from both Millenarian Movements and Science Fiction 8

    Utopias' Spiritual Qualities are Akin to those of Formal Religions 9

    Utopias'Real Goal: Not Prediction of the Future but Improvement of the Present 12

    How and When Utopias are Expected to be Established 13

    2 The Variety of Utopias 16

    The Global Nature of Utopias: Utopias are Predominantly but not Exclusively Western 16

    The Several Genres of Utopianism: Prophecies and Oratory, Political Movements, Communities, Writings, World's Fairs, Cyberspace 24

    3 The European Utopias and Utopians and Their Critics 47

    The Pioneering European Visionaries and Their Basic Beliefs: Plato's Republic and More's Utopia 47

    Forging the Connections Between Science, Technology, and Utopia 50

    The Pansophists 53

    The Prophets of Progress: Condorcet, Saint-Simon, and Comte 55

    Dissenters from the Ideology of Unadulterated Scientific and Technological Progress: Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, and William Morris 58

    The Expansive Visions of Robert Owen and Charles Fourier 60

    The "Scientific"Socialism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 66

    4 The American Utopias and Utopians and Their Critics 74

    America as Utopia: Potential and Fulfillment 74

    The Pioneering American Visionaries and their Basic Beliefs in America as Land of Opportunity: John Adolphus Etzler, Thomas Ewbank, and Mary Griffith 78

    America as "Second Creation": Enthusiasm and Disillusionment 81

    5 Growing Expectations of Realizing Utopia in the United States and Europe 89

    Later American Technological Utopians: John Macnie Through Harold Loeb 89

    Utopia Within Sight: The American Technocracy Crusade 96

    Utopia Within Reach: "The Best and the Brightest"-Post-World War II Science and Technology Policy in the United States and Western Europe and the Triumph of the Social Sciences 99

    On Misreading Frankenstein: How Scientific and Technological Advances have Changed Traditional Criticisms of Utopianism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 123

    6 Utopia Reconsidered 139

    The Growing Retreat from Space Exploration and Other Megaprojects 139

    Nuclear Power: Its Rise, Fall, and Possible Revival-Maine Yankee as a Case Study 142

    The Declining Belief in Inventors, Engineers, and Scientists as Heroes; in Experts as Unbiased; and in Science and Technology as Social Panaceas 157

    Contemporary Prophets for Profit: The Rise and Partial Fall of Professional Forecasters 160

    Post-colonial Critiques of Western Science and Technology as Measures of "Progress"169

    7 The Resurgence of Utopianism 186

    The Major Contemporary Utopians and Their Basic Beliefs 186

    Social Media: Utopia at One's Fingertips 193

    Recent and Contemporary Utopian Communities 194

    The Star Trek Empire: Science Fiction Becomes Less Escapist 199

    Edutopia: George Lucas and Others 203

    The Fate of Books and Newspapers: Utopian and Dystopian Aspirations 217

    8 The Future of Utopias and Utopianism 234

    The "Scientific and Technological Plateau"and the Redefinition of Progress 234

    Conclusion: Why Utopia Still Matters Today and Tomorrow 241

    Further Reading 261

    Index 269