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. Inspired by humanist values, Mumford warns us of the authoritarian drift in practice likely to deface the loftiest ideals. 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, KBE (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.
- ISBN10 1374875112
- ISBN13 9781374875111
- Publish Date 24 May 2017 (first published 26 July 2010)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Pinnacle Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 238
- Language English