George Kateb

Utopia

The Potential and Prospect of the Human Condition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Amid the twentieth century's seemingly overwhelming problems, some thinkers dared to envisage a world order governed by utopian proposals that would eliminate--or at least alleviate--the evils of society and secure positive advantages for all human beings

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9780202361888
• ISBN-10: 0202361888
• Artikelnr.: 23348473

Autorenporträt

George Kateb

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: An Essay on Utopian Possibility
2: Towards More Vivid Utopias
3: Freedom and the Control of Men
4: The Cult of Efficiency
5: The Anti-Utopia of the Twentieth Century
6: Utopianism and Politics
7: Out of Utopia: Toward a Reorientation of Sociological Analysis
8: America in the Technetronic Age
9: Robots and Rebels