When Utopia Falls
When Utopia Falls

Author: Kody Boye

Publisher: Kody Boye

Published:

Total Pages: 377

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Society has reached its peak within the walled city of Utopia. While the outside world lies in inhospitable ruins, the city within brims with technological marvels—all thanks to a benevolent god that appeared during humanity’s darkest hour. But with the city on the verge of overpopulation, and the world outside not promised to be safe, time is running out for the Utopian people, and it’ll take one brave young woman to change the course of history. Seventeen-year-old Ember Hillen has lived in the shadow of the god her entire life. With a promising future in medicine, she believes that her future is set in stone. What she doesn’t expect is for her Aptitude Test scores to come back with exemplary remarks—or to be chosen as her city’s next Holy Conduit. As the Holy Conduit, Ember can connect with, and receive visions of, her god’s desires for the Utopian city. The only problem? Her god is implying that her people must somehow journey beyond their isolated city to build a new world in the wasteland. But with the mad leader of the premier engineering facility within Utopia attempting to sway Ember through whatever means possible, Ember must make a choice that will change a life forever. The only question is: can she withstand the storm that will follow?

The Universe takes place in my pocket!
The Universe takes place in my pocket!

Author: Heike Thieme

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-06

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 3752879629

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I decided to write a book about love, thanks to a diverse life. Who does his duty? Whether an avalanche breaks out depends on whether a single snowflake falls more, a tiny little snowflake, or a tiny little 'yes' instead of a 'no', or a signature that should not have been made. Maybe it's like a hall in a fog, where there are no spectators, no noise, no applause. And sometimes you risk more if you do not take any risks, alone to regain your courage.

I am a Clairvoyant !
I am a Clairvoyant !

Author: Heike Thieme

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 3752829443

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We have the world only through language, but we have lost the world as well. Seeing are often lost by critical comments jobs. To deny someone their own mental attitude is like giving him up. Because language does not depict the world, but articulates to make it meaningful for a subject. Whoever tries to deny others their consciousness and mentality can, for that very reason, be instructed in a clinical treatment themselves.

Utopia
Utopia

Author: Thomas More

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2012-08-30

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0141392207

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'It remains astonishingly radical ... one of Utopia's most striking aspects is its contemporaniety' Terry Eagleton In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly-discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to all. As the traveller describes the island, a bitter contrast is drawn between this rational society and the practices of Europe. How can the philosopher reform his society? In his discussion, More takes up a question first raised by Plato and which is still a challenge in the contemporary world. In the history of political thought few works have been more influential than Utopia, and few more misunderstood. Translated and introduced by Dominic Baker-Smith

Taxation in Utopia
Taxation in Utopia

Author: Donald Morris

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2020-09-01

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1438479492

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Taxation in Utopia explores utopian political philosophy from the neglected perspective of taxation. At its core, taxation is an ethical question. It requires people to sacrifice for the benefit of others, whether or not they also benefit themselves. Donald Morris refers to this broader, nonmonetary context as constructive taxation, which includes restrictions on privacy and access to information, constraints on marriage and child-rearing, and conventions restricting the proprietorship of land. Morris examines this in the context of various utopian writings, such as More's Utopia, as well as literary treatments of these issues, such as Bellamy's Looking Backward. This interdisciplinary exploration of utopian taxation provides a novel approach to examining relations between a state's view of the general welfare and the sacrifices this view requires of its citizens.

Automation and Utopia
Automation and Utopia

Author: John Danaher

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0674984242

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Automating technologies threaten to usher in a workless future. But this can be a good thing—if we play our cards right. Human obsolescence is imminent. The factories of the future will be dark, staffed by armies of tireless robots. The hospitals of the future will have fewer doctors, depending instead on cloud-based AI to diagnose patients and recommend treatments. The homes of the future will anticipate our wants and needs and provide all the entertainment, food, and distraction we could ever desire. To many, this is a depressing prognosis, an image of civilization replaced by its machines. But what if an automated future is something to be welcomed rather than feared? Work is a source of misery and oppression for most people, so shouldn’t we do what we can to hasten its demise? Automation and Utopia makes the case for a world in which, free from need or want, we can spend our time inventing and playing games and exploring virtual realities that are more deeply engaging and absorbing than any we have experienced before, allowing us to achieve idealized forms of human flourishing. The idea that we should “give up” and retreat to the virtual may seem shocking, even distasteful. But John Danaher urges us to embrace the possibilities of this new existence. The rise of automating technologies presents a utopian moment for humankind, providing both the motive and the means to build a better future.

The Politics of Utopia
The Politics of Utopia

Author: Barbara Goodwin

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9783039110803

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This book provides both an introduction to utopianism and a general perspective on radical political thought. Vigorously disputing the widespread conviction that utopianism is a fantasy with no relevance to modern political life and thought, the authors argue that it is a concept whose special virtue lies in its capacity to transcend the limitations of present circumstances, to inspire alternative thinking and to open up new directions for political action. This book develops an approach which relates social causes to political theory and practice. The first part discusses utopianism as a form of political theory with unique characteristics and the ability to transcend the present. The second part considers utopianism as an expression of fundamental social impulses and as an ingredient of modern political movements. The third part offers a defence of utopianism as both theory and practice, and argues for its use to counteract the pragmatism and narrow empiricism which often passes for political «realism» in modern societies. This reissue of a popular and well-received landmark text contains a new preface.

Utopian Moments
Utopian Moments

Author: J. C. Davis

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-04-12

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1849666857

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Is it possible to create a better world? Can this be done without the image of an ideal world to guide us? What would such a world be like? There has been a marked renewal of interest in utopian thought, as the exposed economic, social and political dysfunctions of modern society have forced us to re-examine our visions of the future. Yet the wealth of utopian literature on which we could draw remains inaccessible or poorly understood. This book readdresses this imbalance, with a collection of essays, each centred on a key passage in a canonical utopian work that challenges the commonly accepted interpretation of that work and allows us to examine it with fresh insight. At the same time, by contextualising each passage within the text as a whole, readers are enabled to reflect on the meaning and reception of the work and on its significance in the history of utopian thought. Broad in scope and original in approach, this textbook is an encouragement to students and scholars alike to read the utopian classics afresh.

The Utopian Impulse in Latin America
The Utopian Impulse in Latin America

Author: K. Beauchesne

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-10-24

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0230339611

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An exploration of the concept of utopia in Latin America from the earliest accounts of the New World to current cultural production, the carefully selected essays in this volume represent the latest research on the topic by some of the most important Latin Americanists working in North American academia today.