An edition of American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history
(2011)
American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history
by Peter Swirski
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Utopias in literature, Political culture, Politics and literature, National characteristics, American, in literature, Social engineering, Literature and society, History and criticism, American Political fiction, American fiction, Exceptionalism, Social control in literature, History, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Political fiction, Social control, National characteristics, american, United states, history, 20th century, Roman américain, Histoire et critique, Politique-fiction américaine, Utopies dans la littérature, Contrôle social dans la littérature, Exceptionnalisme, Ingénierie sociale, Histoire, Littérature et société, Politique et littérature, Utopian literature, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Utopie, Literatur, Amerikanisches Englisch, Motiv, Politik, Universidad Sergio ArboledaPlaces
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American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history
2011, Routledge
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Introduction: life is more important than art or social engineering, eutopia, and evolution
How I stopped worrying and loved behavioural engineering, or communal life, adaptations, and B.F. Skinner's Walden two
You're not in Canada until you can hear the loons crying, or voting, people's power, and Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest
You'll never make a monkey out of me, or altruism, proverbial wisdom, and Bernard Malamud's God's grace
We better kill the instinct to kill before it kills us, or violence, mind control, and Walker Percy's The Thanatos syndrome
It can't happen here, or politics, emotions, and Philip Roth's The plot against America.
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Includes bibliographical references ( p. [221]-242) and index.
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