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Utopia
The History of an Idea
Häftad, 2020
168 kr
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Aspirations for a better – even a perfect – society have existed throughout history, often imagined in intricate detail by philosophers, poets, social reformers, architects and artists. This book explores a perennially powerful idea: the quest for the ideal society. Gregory Claeys surveys the …
Modern Utopia
Av H. G. Wells, Gregory Claeys
Häftad, 2005
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
148 kr
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While walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. In many ways the same as our own - even down to the characters that inhabit it - this new planet is still somehow radically different, for the two walkers are now upon a …
John Stuart Mill
A Very Short Introduction
Häftad, 2022
120 kr
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Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System of Logic (1843) and the Principles of Political …
Utopianism for a Dying Planet
Life after Consumerism
Häftad, 2024
261 kr
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How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crisesIn the face of Earth’s environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won’t save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective …
Thomas Paine
Social and Political Thought
Häftad, 1989
913 kr
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This book investigates Thomas Paine's social and political thought in both its British and American moments. It examines the ways in which Paine's ideas were understood. The book restores him to the position his contemporaries accorded him, that of an important writer on politics and society.
Modern Utopia
Av H. G. Wells, Gregory Claeys
E-bok, 2005
94 kr
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While walking in the Swiss Alps, two English travellers fall into a space-warp, and suddenly find themselves in another world. In many ways the same as our own - even down to the characters that inhabit it - this new planet is still somehow radically different, for the two walkers are now upon a …
New View of Society and Other Writings
Av Gregory Claeys, Robert Owen
E-bok, 2007
125 kr
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In his early works Owen argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. Later he came to adopt far more radical positions, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation ofmankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', a …
Marx and Marxism
E-bok, 2018
96 kr
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An illuminating overview of Marx's intellectual influence from a leading historian of socialismWhy was Marx so successful as a thinker? Did he have a system and if so, what does it consist of? How did Marxism develop in the twentieth century and what does it mean today?Karl Marx remains the most …
Marx and Marxism
Ljudbok, 2018
153 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. Why was Marx so successful as a thinker? Did he have a system and if so, what does it consist of? How did Marxism develop in the twentieth century and what does it mean today? Karl Marx remains the most influential and controversial political thinker in history. The …
John Stuart Mill
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2022
98 kr
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Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System of Logic (1843) and the Principles of Political …
John Stuart Mill
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2022
98 kr
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Very Short Introductions : Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. In his lifetime he was best known for his System of Logic (1843) and the Principles of Political …
Dystopia
A Natural History
E-bok, 2016
527 kr
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Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous collapse, this volume redefines the central …
Dystopia
A Natural History
E-bok, 2016
527 kr
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Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous collapse, this volume redefines the central …
Dystopia
A Natural History
Inbunden, 2016
3443 kr
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Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous collapse, this volume redefines the central …
Dystopia
A Natural History
Häftad, 2018
776 kr
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Dystopia: A Natural History is the first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia. Taking the term to encompass both a literary tradition of satirical works, mostly on totalitarianism, as well as real despotisms and societies in a state of disastrous collapse, this volume redefines the central …
Politics of English Jacobinism
Writings of John Thelwall
Häftad, 1995
732 kr
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After Thomas Paine fled to France in 1792, John Thelwall was the most important leader of working-class radicalism in Britain. According to one observer, he was "one of the boldest political writers, speakers, and lecturers of his time." But his contribution to social and political thought has been …
French Revolution Debate in Britain
The Origins of Modern Politics
Inbunden, 2007
1759 kr
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Gregory Claeys explores the reception of the French Revolution in Britain through the medium of its leading interpreters. Claeys argues that the major figures - Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and John Thelwall - collectively laid the foundations for political debate …
French Revolution Debate in Britain
The Origins of Modern Politics
Häftad, 2007
518 kr
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Gregory Claeys explores the reception of the French Revolution in Britain through the medium of its leading interpreters. Claeys argues that the major figures - Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and John Thelwall - collectively laid the foundations for political debate …
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought
Inbunden, 2004
3799 kr
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Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought provides essential information on, and a critical interpretation of, nineteenth-century thought and nineteenth-century thinkers. The project takes as its temporal boundary the period 1789 to 1914. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought primarily covers …
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought
Häftad, 2013
736 kr
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Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought provides essential information on, and a critical interpretation of, nineteenth-century thought and nineteenth-century thinkers. The project takes as its temporal boundary the period 1789 to 1914. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Thought primarily covers …
Imperial Sceptics
British Critics of Empire, 1850-1920
Inbunden, 2010
1025 kr
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Imperial Sceptics provides a highly original analysis of the emergence of opposition to the British Empire from 1850-1920. Departing from existing accounts, which have focused upon the Boer War and the writings of John Hobson, Gregory Claeys proposes a new chronology for the contours of resistance …
The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Political Thought
Av Gareth Stedman Jones, Gregory Claeys
Inbunden, 2011
2149 kr
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This major work of academic reference provides the first comprehensive survey of political thought in Europe, North America and Asia in the century following the French Revolution. Written by a distinguished team of international scholars, this Cambridge History is the latest in a sequence of …
Utopias of the British Enlightenment
Inbunden, 1994
1139 kr
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This is a major collection of eighteenth-century British utopias. Seven tracts, spanning the century, show how the image of the ideal society was used as a form of social criticism, and particularly as a means of focussing on ideas of progress and commercial development. Radical and republican …
Utopias of the British Enlightenment
Häftad, 1994
553 kr
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This is a major collection of eighteenth-century British utopias. Seven tracts, spanning the century, show how the image of the ideal society was used as a form of social criticism, and particularly as a means of focussing on ideas of progress and commercial development. Radical and republican …
The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature
Häftad, 2010
486 kr
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Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and …
Mill and Paternalism
Inbunden, 2013
1628 kr
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Many discussions of J. S. Mill's concept of liberty focus too narrowly on On Liberty and fail to acknowledge that his treatment of related issues elsewhere may modify its leading doctrines. Mill and Paternalism demonstrates how a contextual reading suggests that in Principles of Political Economy, …
The Cambridge Companion to Utopian Literature
Inbunden, 2010
1760 kr
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Since the publication of Thomas More's genre-defining work Utopia in 1516, the field of utopian literature has evolved into an ever-expanding domain. This Companion presents an extensive historical survey of the development of utopianism, from the publication of Utopia to today's dark and …
Citizens and Saints
Politics and Anti-Politics in Early British Socialism
Häftad, 2002
667 kr
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Citizens and Saints is a comprehensive study of the profound rupture in the language of reform and revolution which occurred with the rise of socialism. Focusing upon British Owenite socialism, Professor Claeys argues that two schools of political thinking emerged from the 'social' critique of …
Utopianism for a Dying Planet
Life after Consumerism
Inbunden, 2022
388 kr
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How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crisesIn the face of Earth’s environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won’t save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective …
Thomas Paine Collected Writings, Volume 1
1772 to 1782
Av Thomas Paine, Gregory Claeys
Inbunden, 2026
1357 kr
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A comprehensive scholarly edition of the writings and correspondence of Thomas PaineThomas Paine: Collected Writings is the first major new edition of Paine’s works, bringing together all his writings in six breathtaking volumes that dramatically revise our previous understanding of his activities …
