H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... Utopia . In the self - consciously " modern " spirit of the times he called it A Modern Utopia . Like all such , A Modern Utopia is a criticism of contem- porary society , as pungent and effective in its way as Kipps or Tono - Bungay or ...
... Utopia . In the self - consciously " modern " spirit of the times he called it A Modern Utopia . Like all such , A Modern Utopia is a criticism of contem- porary society , as pungent and effective in its way as Kipps or Tono - Bungay or ...
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... modern . The study of the Wellsian Utopia which follows draws freely on all of Wells ' books , but three are especially rich in Utopian speculation : A Modern Utopia , Men Like Gods , and The Shape of Things to Come . Partly in the form ...
... modern . The study of the Wellsian Utopia which follows draws freely on all of Wells ' books , but three are especially rich in Utopian speculation : A Modern Utopia , Men Like Gods , and The Shape of Things to Come . Partly in the form ...
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... Modern Utopia . He now had such confidence in the scientific reorganization of society that his Utopia could afford to dispense with a separate ruling class altogether . " In ' Men Like Gods , ' " he added , " all the people are Samurai ...
... Modern Utopia . He now had such confidence in the scientific reorganization of society that his Utopia could afford to dispense with a separate ruling class altogether . " In ' Men Like Gods , ' " he added , " all the people are Samurai ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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