Beschreibung:
This book, originally published in 1923, is a study in the history of social thought and attempts to give an historical cross-section of representative Utopian thought at the time. It was the first book that attempted to give an unprejudiced, systematic treatment of the social Utopias as a whole.
1. Introduction Part 1 - Social Utopias: An Historical Review 2. The Ethico-Religious Utopians and their Utopianism 3. The "Republic" of Plato 4. The Early Modern Utopias 5. The Utopian Socialists 6. The Recent Social Anticipations - The Pseudo-Utopias Part 2 - Social Utopias: An Analysis and Critique 7. The Utopians and their Utopias 8. Utopianism and the Role of Ideas and Ideals 9. The Utopianistic Contribution to Civilization 10. The Limited Perspective of the Utopians. Index.