1st Edition

The History of Utopian Thought

By Joyce Oramel Hertzler Copyright 1923
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This book, originally published in 1923, embodies two related and yet distinct types of sociological endeavour. It is a study in the history of social thought, a field which had only been receiving serious and widespread attention in recent years, and attempts to give an historical cross-section of representative Utopian thought at the time. But it is also a study in social idealism, a study in... Read more

1. Introduction  Part 1 – Social Utopias: An Historical Review  2. The Ethico-Religious Utopians and their Utopianism  3. The "Republic" of Plato  4. The Early Modern Utopias  5. The Utopian Socialists  6. The Recent Social Anticipations – The Pseudo-Utopias  Part 2 – Social Utopias: An Analysis and Critique  7. The Utopians and their Utopias  8. Utopianism and the Role of Ideas and Ideals  9. The Utopianistic Contribution to Civilization  10. The Limited Perspective of the Utopians.  Index.

Biography

Joyce Oramel Hertzler