The Utopian Dilemma in the Western Political Imagination

by John Farrell

In this volume, John Farrell shows that political utopias-societies with laws and customs designed to short-circuit the foibles of human nature for the benefit of our collective existence-have a perennial opponent, the honor-based culture of aristocracy that dominated most of the world from ancient times into early modernity and whose status-based competitive psychology persists to the present day. While utopias aim at equality, the heroic imperative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032431571
• ISBN13: 9781032431574
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"