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Human nature and politics in utopian and anti-utopian fiction Nivedita Bagchi.

By: Bagchi, NiveditaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Politics, literature, & filmPublisher: Lanham Lexington Books, [2019]Description: 1 online resourceISBN: 9781498551670; 149855167XSubject(s): English fiction -- History and criticism | Utopias in literature | Dystopias in literature | Human beings in literature | State, The, in literature | Dystopias in literature | Psychology in literature | Science fiction | Utopias in literature | LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & FantasyGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. | Criticism, interpretation, etc. DDC classification: 823.009/372 LOC classification: PR830.D96Online resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
The imperfection of utopia: the combination of reason and religion in Thomas More -- The mutability of human nature in Edward Bellamy's Looking backward -- Technology and human nature in Aldous Huxley's Brave new world -- The totalitarian state and human nature in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.
Summary: "This book examines conceptions of human nature and how such ideas impact the political arrangements in the works of Thomas 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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"This book examines conceptions of human nature and how such ideas impact the political arrangements in the works of Thomas 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The imperfection of utopia: the combination of reason and religion in Thomas More -- The mutability of human nature in Edward Bellamy's Looking backward -- Technology and human nature in Aldous Huxley's Brave new world -- The totalitarian state and human nature in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four.

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