Книга: Lyman Tower Sargent «Utopianism»
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Серия: "A Very Short Introduction" There are many debates about utopia - What constitutes a utopia? Are utopias benign or dangerous? Is the idea of utopianism essential to Christianity or heretical? What is the relationship between utopia and ideology? This Very Short Introduction explores these issues and examines utopianism and its history. Lyman Sargent discusses the role of utopianism in literature, and in the development of colonies and in immigration. The idea of utopia has become commonplace in social and political thought, both negatively and positively. Some thinkers see a trajectory from utopia to totalitarianism with violence an inevitable part of the mix. Others see utopia directly connected to freedom and as a necessary element in the fight against totalitarianism. In Christianity utopia is labelled as both heretical and as a fundamental part of Christian belief, and such debates are also central to such fields as architecture, town and city planning, and sociology among many others Sargent introduces and summarizes the debates over the utopia in literature, communal studies, social and political theory, and theology. Издательство: "Oxford University Press" (2010)
ISBN: 978-0-19-957340-0 |
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Utopianism — U*to pi*an*ism, n. The ideas, views, aims, etc., of a Utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
utopianism — (n.) c.1810, from UTOPIAN (Cf. utopian) + ISM (Cf. ism) … Etymology dictionary
utopianism — [yo͞o tō′pēən iz΄əm] n. the ideas, doctrines, aims, etc. of a utopian; visionary schemes for producing perfection in social or political conditions … English World dictionary
utopianism — utopia, utopianism A utopia is an imaginative account of a perfect society or ideal commonwealth. The term, which is often used derogatively to mean unrealistic, is derived from Sir Thomas More s Utopia(1516), but in sociology it is usually… … Dictionary of sociology
utopianism — utopian ► ADJECTIVE ▪ idealistic. ► NOUN ▪ an idealistic reformer. DERIVATIVES utopianism noun … English terms dictionary
utopianism — noun Date: circa 1661 1. a utopian idea or theory 2. often capitalized the body of ideas, views, or aims of a utopian … New Collegiate Dictionary
