American Utopia: Literature, Society, and the Human Use of Human Beings

By Peter Swirski

Book Overview

American Utopia maps the pitfalls prosocial reform in the name of the human use of human beings. Interrogating the assumptions behind four modern utopias by Thomas M. Disch, Bernard Malamud, Kurt Vonnegut, and Margaret Atwood, it interrogates the assumptions that have historically been central to the utopian project.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367144344
• ISBN13: 9780367144340
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"