The Resource Dreams of peace and freedom : utopian moments in the twentieth century, Jay Winter
Dreams of peace and freedom : utopian moments in the twentieth century, Jay Winter
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The item Dreams of peace and freedom : utopian moments in the twentieth century, Jay Winter represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- 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 disparate groups of people trying in their own separate ways to imagine a radically better world. This original book focuses on some of the twentieth-century's "minor utopias" whose stories, overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust and the Gulag, suggest that the future need not be as catastrophic as the past. The book is organized around six key moments when utopian ideas and projects flourished in Europe: 1900 (the Paris World's Fair), 1919 (the Paris Peace Conference), 1937 (the Paris exhibition celebrating science and light), 1948 (the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), 1968 (moral indictments and student revolt), and 1992 (the emergence of visions of global citizenship). Winter considers the dreamers and the nature of their dreams as well as their connections to one another and to the history of utopian thought. By restoring minor utopias to their rightful place in the recent past, Winter fills an important gap in the history of social thought and action in the twentieth century."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 261 pages
- Contents
-
- 4.
- 1948 : Human rights
- 5.
- 1968 : Liberation
- 6.
- 1992 : Global citizenship
- Epilogue : An alternative history of the twentieth century
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : Minor utopias and the visionary temperament
- 1.
- 1900 : The face of humanity and visions of peace
- 2.
- 1919 : Perpetual war/perpetual peace
- 3.
- 1937 : Illuminations
- Isbn
- 9780300106657
- Label
- Dreams of peace and freedom : utopian moments in the twentieth century
- Title
- Dreams of peace and freedom
- Title remainder
- utopian moments in the twentieth century
- Statement of responsibility
- Jay Winter
- Language
- eng
- 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 disparate groups of people trying in their own separate ways to imagine a radically better world. This original book focuses on some of the twentieth-century's "minor utopias" whose stories, overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust and the Gulag, suggest that the future need not be as catastrophic as the past. The book is organized around six key moments when utopian ideas and projects flourished in Europe: 1900 (the Paris World's Fair), 1919 (the Paris Peace Conference), 1937 (the Paris exhibition celebrating science and light), 1948 (the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), 1968 (moral indictments and student revolt), and 1992 (the emergence of visions of global citizenship). Winter considers the dreamers and the nature of their dreams as well as their connections to one another and to the history of utopian thought. By restoring minor utopias to their rightful place in the recent past, Winter fills an important gap in the history of social thought and action in the twentieth century."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winter, J. M
- Dewey number
- 335/.020904
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HX806
- LC item number
- .W56 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Utopias
- Utopian socialism
- Label
- Dreams of peace and freedom : utopian moments in the twentieth century, Jay Winter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 4.
- 1948 : Human rights
- 5.
- 1968 : Liberation
- 6.
- 1992 : Global citizenship
- Epilogue : An alternative history of the twentieth century
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : Minor utopias and the visionary temperament
- 1.
- 1900 : The face of humanity and visions of peace
- 2.
- 1919 : Perpetual war/perpetual peace
- 3.
- 1937 : Illuminations
- Control code
- 65207048
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300106657
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2006009254
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780300106657
- Label
- Dreams of peace and freedom : utopian moments in the twentieth century, Jay Winter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 4.
- 1948 : Human rights
- 5.
- 1968 : Liberation
- 6.
- 1992 : Global citizenship
- Epilogue : An alternative history of the twentieth century
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : Minor utopias and the visionary temperament
- 1.
- 1900 : The face of humanity and visions of peace
- 2.
- 1919 : Perpetual war/perpetual peace
- 3.
- 1937 : Illuminations
- Control code
- 65207048
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300106657
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2006009254
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780300106657
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