Publisher's Synopsis
The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford is a book that explores the concept of utopia and its evolution throughout history. It traces the origins of utopian thought from ancient Greece to the present day, examining the ways in which different societies have imagined and attempted to create ideal worlds. Mumford delves into the works of philosophers, writers, and social reformers who have contributed to the development of utopian ideas, including Plato, Thomas More, and Karl Marx.The book also explores the role of utopianism in shaping social and political movements, from the early Christian communities to the socialist and communist revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries. Mumford examines the successes and failures of these utopian experiments, highlighting the challenges of creating a perfect society and the dangers of utopianism when taken to an extreme.Throughout the book, Mumford emphasizes the importance of utopian thinking as a means of imagining a better world and inspiring social change, while also recognizing the limitations and pitfalls of utopianism. The Story of Utopias is a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of one of humanity's most enduring and elusive ideals.1922. Utopia has long been another name for the unreal and the impossible. We have set utopia over against the world. As a matter of fact, it is our utopias that make the world tolerable to us: the cities and mansions that make people dream of are those in which they finally live. The more that men react upon their environment and make it over after a human pattern, the more continuously do they live in utopia; but when there is a breach between the world of affairs and the over world of utopia, we become conscious of the part that the will-to-utopia has played in our lives and we see our utopia as a separate reality.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
