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Utopia and anti-utopia in modern times

Krishan Kumar

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Utopianism - ancient and modern utopia in 19th-century Europe utopia in 19th-century America anti-utopia, shadow of utopia utopia as socialism - Edward Bellamy and Looking Backward science and utopia - H.G. Wells and A Modern Utopia science and anti-utopia - Aldous Huxley and Brave New World politics and anti-utopia - George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four the utopia of behavioural engineering - B.F. Skinner and Walden Two.

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Key concepts: Utopia, Socialism, Politics, Philosophy, Art history, Art, Political science, Law