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Max Nettlau’s Utopian Vision gives a historically grounded presentation of the entire literature of utopianism. Nettlau shows an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject. He passionately believes that the value of utopian thinking and class struggle should not be underestimated as utopian desire exists in all of us. Utopian thinking, according to Nettlau, stimulates the imagination and awakens the desire to attain a better life for everyone. Without it, human progress is impossible. |
“In 1925, Nettlau, a bibliographer-activist and renowned historian of anarchism, published serially in Spanish his history of European and some American, British, and Latin American utopias. Without Widdicombe’s excellent introduction and translation, this fascinating alternative to Mumford’s The Story of Utopias (1922) could have languished in obscurity.” —Kenneth M. Roemer, Emeritus Fellow, University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers; Author of The Obsolete Necessity, America as Utopia, Utopian Audiences.
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Outline of the History of Utopias; 1. Definition; 2. The Classical and Medieval Ages; 3. The Renaissance and Neo-Classical Periods; 4. The Nineteenth Century (to 1888); 5. 1888 to the Twentieth Century; The Twentieth Century: 1900–1925; Notes; Appendix A Select Nettlau Bibliography; Appendix B An Annotated Gazetteer of Nettlau’s Utopians; Appendix C List of Intentional Communities in Esbozo; Appendix D List of Utopian Newspapers and Journals in Esbozo; Bibliography; Index