01783nam 2200385 450 991081841410332120181218122431.01-4985-5167-X(CKB)4100000007122829(MiAaPQ)EBC5570865(EXLCZ)99410000000712282920181229d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHuman nature and politics in utopian and anti-utopian fiction /Nivedita BagchiLanham :Lexington Books,[2019]©20191 online resource (101 pages)1-4985-5166-1 The imperfection of utopia: the combination of reason and religion in Thomas More -- The mutability of human nature in Edward Bellamy's Looking backward -- Technology and human nature in Aldous Huxley's Brave new world -- The totalitarian state and human nature in George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four."This book examines conceptions of human nature and how such ideas impact the political arrangements in the works of Thomas More, Edward Bellamy, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell. By teasing out the underlying conceptions of human nature in these novels, this book links the ontology of their works directly to their political prescriptions"--Provided by publisher.English fictionHistory and criticismEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.823.009Bagchi Nivedita1722659MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818414103321Human nature and politics in utopian and anti-utopian fiction4123222UNINA