Nivedita Bagchi

Human Nature and Politics in Utopian and Anti-Utopian Fiction

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines conceptions of human nature and how such ideas impact the political arrangements in the works ofThomas More, Edward Bellamy, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell. By teasing out the underlying conceptions of human nature in these novels, this book links the ontology of their works directly to their political prescriptions.

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Produktdetails

• Politics, Literature, & Film
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781498551663
• ISBN-10: 1498551661
• Artikelnr.: 53776600

Autorenporträt

Nivedita Bagchi is professor at Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: The Imperfection of Utopia: The Combination of Reason and
Religion in Thomas More Chapter Two: The Mutability of Human Nature in
Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward Chapter Three: Technology and Human
Nature in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Chapter Four: The Totalitarian
State and Human Nature in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four