The Story of Utopias

Download or read book The Story of Utopias written by Lewis Mumford and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Utopias, written and edited in 1922, is a unique work, in which Lewis Mumford makes the analysis of historical utopias, based on the distinction between utopias of escape and utopias of reconstruction, including these most classic literary utopias, Plato Edward Bellamy, through Thomas More, Bacon, Campanella and others. Utopian way of life, every man enjoys the opportunity to be a man because no one has the possibility to be a monster. The main purpose of man is to grow up to the limit of the stature of its kind. Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer.