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News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance
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News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance

Author: William Morris; Krishan Kumar
Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Series: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"News from Nowhere (1890) is the most famous work of one of the greatest British writers and thinkers, William Morris. It is a utopian picture of a future communist society, drawing on the work of Ruskin and Marx and written in response to what Morris saw as soulless and mechanical visions of socialism. In this work of his last years, Morris distilled many of his leading ideas on politics, art and society, imagining  Read more...
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Named Person: William Morris
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: William Morris; Krishan Kumar
ISBN: 0521420075 9780521420075 0521422337 9780521422338
OCLC Number: 30593709
Description: xxxii, 229 p. ; 23 cm.
Series Title: Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
Other Titles: Epoch of rest
News from nowhere
Responsibility: by William Morris ; edited by Krishan Kumar.
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"News from Nowhere (1890) is the most famous work of one of the greatest British writers and thinkers, William Morris. It is a utopian picture of a future communist society, drawing on the work of Ruskin and Marx and written in response to what Morris saw as soulless and mechanical visions of socialism. In this work of his last years, Morris distilled many of his leading ideas on politics, art and society, imagining a world in which capitalism has been abolished by a workers' revolution and nature and society have become beautiful habitations for humanity. In an era that has seen the collapse of state socialism, Morris's damning critique of this conception, and his positing of a powerful alternative, are compelling reasons for paying attention to this classic of British socialism."--BOOK JACKET.

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