Dreams of peace and freedom :: utopian moments in the twentieth century /

"In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. Yet, historian Jay Winter suggests, alongside the "major utopians" who murdered millions in their attempts to transform the world were disaparat...

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Main Author: Winter, J. M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. Yet, historian Jay Winter suggests, alongside the "major utopians" who murdered millions in their attempts to transform the world were disaparate groups of individuals trying to imagine a radically better world. This book focuses on some of the twentieth century's "minor utopias," whose stories, overshadowed by the Holocaust and the Gulag, suggest that the future need not be as catastrophic as the past."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 261 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index.
ISBN:9780300127515
0300127510
0300106653
9780300106657
1281740942
9781281740946
9786611740948
6611740945

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