Chapter Introduction Imagining a World Without Heroes
Utopian thinking has a typical opponent, the heroic-aristocratic culture which has its fullest expression in epic poetry. There is a perennial clash of values between the dignity of rank and personal achievement and rational utopian planning. Most of the major authors who have dealt with utopian the...
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| Taal: | Engels |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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| Samenvatting: | Utopian thinking has a typical opponent, the heroic-aristocratic culture which has its fullest expression in epic poetry. There is a perennial clash of values between the dignity of rank and personal achievement and rational utopian planning. Most of the major authors who have dealt with utopian themes find themselves caught in a dilemma between the inhumanity of heroic values and difficulty of imagining life without them. |
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| Fysieke beschrijving: | 1 electronic resource (15 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781003365945-1 9781032431574 9781032431581 |
| Toegang: | Open Access |