Human nature and politics in utopian and anti-utopian fiction /

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 dir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bagchi, Nivedita (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Series:	Politics, literature, & film.
Subjects:	English fiction > History and criticism. Utopias in literature. Dystopias in literature. Human beings in literature. State, The, in literature.

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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.
Physical Description:	xxii, 77 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70) and index.
ISBN:	9781498551663 1498551661