Science-fiction Studies, Volumes 1-2SFS Publications., 1973 - Science fiction |
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society , of other utopias , and often of themselves . Almost by definition , utopias mediate between the ideal they propose and the actualities of the author's own society . While in dystopias the criticism of the author's society ...
society , of other utopias , and often of themselves . Almost by definition , utopias mediate between the ideal they propose and the actualities of the author's own society . While in dystopias the criticism of the author's society ...
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opposed to society as it is , utopias become societies of humors ; when their authors are men of sense , the ridiculous side of the ideal is apt to be shown . Venn - Thomas decides that the lack of a money economy has dulled the wits of ...
opposed to society as it is , utopias become societies of humors ; when their authors are men of sense , the ridiculous side of the ideal is apt to be shown . Venn - Thomas decides that the lack of a money economy has dulled the wits of ...
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... society , anarchist and capitalist , and the question is , not what does the individual owe to society , but what kind of society makes possible valid human bonds ? And just as the vision of the political world has been reshaped , the ...
... society , anarchist and capitalist , and the question is , not what does the individual owe to society , but what kind of society makes possible valid human bonds ? And just as the vision of the political world has been reshaped , the ...
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