UTOPIA

The influence of the idea of Utopia on history. Central to his exploration of ideal worlds are creation myths/ archetypes of heaven and the afterlife/ new worlds and voyages of discovery/ ages of revolution and technological progress/ model communities and kibbutz im/ political and ecological dystopias/ space travel and science fiction. The most significant utopias throughout history - whether envisaged or attempted - are covered, including visions of the ideal society in the West as well as American, Asian, African and the Arab worl...[Llegir més]