American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history / / Peter Swirski |
Autore | Swirski Peter <1963-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5409355 |
Collana | Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Utopias in literature Social control in literature National characteristics, American, in literature Exceptionalism - United States Social engineering - United States - History - 20th century Political culture - United States - History - 20th century Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-136-72339-0
1-283-15100-6 9786613151001 0-203-81661-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: life is more important than art or social engineering, eutopia, and evolution -- How I stopped worrying and loved behavioural engineering, or communal life, adaptations, and B.F. Skinner's Walden two -- You're not in Canada until you can hear the loons crying, or voting, people's power, and Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- You'll never make a monkey out of me, or altruism, proverbial wisdom, and Bernard Malamud's God's grace -- We better kill the instinct to kill before it kills us, or violence, mind control, and Walker Percy's The Thanatos syndrome -- It can't happen here, or politics, emotions, and Philip Roth's The plot against America. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461388503321 |
Swirski Peter <1963-, > | ||
New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history / / Peter Swirski |
Autore | Swirski Peter <1963-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5409355 |
Collana | Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Utopias in literature Social control in literature National characteristics, American, in literature Exceptionalism - United States Social engineering - United States - History - 20th century Political culture - United States - History - 20th century Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-136-72338-2
1-136-72339-0 1-283-15100-6 9786613151001 0-203-81661-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: life is more important than art or social engineering, eutopia, and evolution -- How I stopped worrying and loved behavioural engineering, or communal life, adaptations, and B.F. Skinner's Walden two -- You're not in Canada until you can hear the loons crying, or voting, people's power, and Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- You'll never make a monkey out of me, or altruism, proverbial wisdom, and Bernard Malamud's God's grace -- We better kill the instinct to kill before it kills us, or violence, mind control, and Walker Percy's The Thanatos syndrome -- It can't happen here, or politics, emotions, and Philip Roth's The plot against America. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789532403321 |
Swirski Peter <1963-, > | ||
New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history / / Peter Swirski |
Autore | Swirski Peter <1963-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5409355 |
Collana | Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Utopias in literature Social control in literature National characteristics, American, in literature Exceptionalism - United States Social engineering - United States - History - 20th century Political culture - United States - History - 20th century Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-136-72338-2
1-136-72339-0 1-283-15100-6 9786613151001 0-203-81661-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: life is more important than art or social engineering, eutopia, and evolution -- How I stopped worrying and loved behavioural engineering, or communal life, adaptations, and B.F. Skinner's Walden two -- You're not in Canada until you can hear the loons crying, or voting, people's power, and Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- You'll never make a monkey out of me, or altruism, proverbial wisdom, and Bernard Malamud's God's grace -- We better kill the instinct to kill before it kills us, or violence, mind control, and Walker Percy's The Thanatos syndrome -- It can't happen here, or politics, emotions, and Philip Roth's The plot against America. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910799921103321 |
Swirski Peter <1963-, > | ||
New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
American utopia and social engineering in literature, social thought, and political history / / Peter Swirski |
Autore | Swirski Peter <1963-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.5409355 |
Collana | Routledge transnational perspectives on American literature |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Political fiction, American - History and criticism Utopias in literature Social control in literature National characteristics, American, in literature Exceptionalism - United States Social engineering - United States - History - 20th century Political culture - United States - History - 20th century Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-136-72338-2
1-136-72339-0 1-283-15100-6 9786613151001 0-203-81661-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: life is more important than art or social engineering, eutopia, and evolution -- How I stopped worrying and loved behavioural engineering, or communal life, adaptations, and B.F. Skinner's Walden two -- You're not in Canada until you can hear the loons crying, or voting, people's power, and Ken Kesey's One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- You'll never make a monkey out of me, or altruism, proverbial wisdom, and Bernard Malamud's God's grace -- We better kill the instinct to kill before it kills us, or violence, mind control, and Walker Percy's The Thanatos syndrome -- It can't happen here, or politics, emotions, and Philip Roth's The plot against America. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810472903321 |
Swirski Peter <1963-, > | ||
New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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