This masterly study has a grand sweep. It ranges over centuries, with a long look backward over several millennia. Yet the history it unfolds is primarily the story of individuals: thinkers and dreamers who envisaged an ideal social order and described it persuasively, leaving a mark on their own and later times. The roster of utopians includes men of all stripes in different countries and eras--figures as disparate as More and Fourier, the Marquis de Sade and Edward Bellamy, Rousseau and Marx. Fascinating character studies ...
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This masterly study has a grand sweep. It ranges over centuries, with a long look backward over several millennia. Yet the history it unfolds is primarily the story of individuals: thinkers and dreamers who envisaged an ideal social order and described it persuasively, leaving a mark on their own and later times. The roster of utopians includes men of all stripes in different countries and eras--figures as disparate as More and Fourier, the Marquis de Sade and Edward Bellamy, Rousseau and Marx. Fascinating character studies of the major figures are among the delights of the book. Utopian writings run the gamut from fictional narratives to theoretical treatises, from political manifestos to constitutions for a new society. The Manuels have structured five centuries of utopian invention by identifying successive constellations, groups of thinkers joined by common social and moral concerns. Within this framework they analyze individual writings, in the context of the author's life and of the socio-economic, religious, and political exigencies of his time. Concentrating on innovative works, they highlight disjunctures as well as continuities in utopian thought from the Renaissance through the twentieth century. Witty and erudite, challenging in its interpretations and provocative in the questions it poses, the Manuels' anatomy of utopia is an adventure in ideas.
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Small ink signature and date on front free end sheet else in very good plus condition with text clean and binding tight. In a slightly chipped dust jacket. 896pp.
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Book. Octavo; pp 896; VG-/G-; dark beige spine with blue text; dust jacket shows noticeable toning to exterior; few chips to edges; cloth lightly sunned; slightly splayed boards; text block shows light tone to exterior; light pencil inside; frontispiece; illustrated. 1331005. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Fair. May contain writing notes highlighting bends or folds. Text is readable book is clean and pages and cover mostly intact. May show normal wear and tear. Item may be missing CD. May include library marks. Fast Shipping.
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Very good + 8vo. Blue cloth, with silver spine lettering. 896 pages, with Selected Bibliography and Index. The Introduction (pages 1-29) has some scattered underlining, margin brackets, and margin notes. No names or remainder marks. Lacking the dust-jacket. Due to size and weight, international shipping at cost.
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New in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 912 p. Belknap Press. Audience: General/trade. New book, tight, clean, unmarked, unread. Very minor creasing at top of dust jacket edges due to shelf wear. Priced to sell.