Project Gutenberg 2025-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 2093 Mumford, Lewis 1895 1990 Van Loon, Hendrik Willem 1882 1944 Loon, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Hendrik Van The story of utopias $aLondon :$bGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., $c1923. Reading ease score: 48.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. Hannah Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Story of Utopias" by Lewis Mumford is a critical examination of utopian thought, showcasing its evolution and significance throughout history, likely written in the early 20th century. The text engages with various ideal commonwealths and expresses how these constructs influence humanity's vision of a better life. Rather than focusing solely on fictional narratives, it intertwines philosophical discourse with historical accounts, thereby demonstrating the relevance of utopia in shaping societal values and structures. At the start of Mumford's exploration, he introduces the concept of utopia as a necessary counterpart to the realities of human existence, highlighting the dual worlds people inhabit: the practical and the ideal. He elaborates on how the desire for a utopian society inspires individuals to seek change and improvement in their environment. Mumford also reflects on the importance of ideas, presenting them as pivotal to human progress and illustrating how dreams of utopia often stem from societal crises. In this initial section, he establishes a framework for understanding utopian ideals as both a refuge from the harshness of reality and a motivation for societal reconstruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/storyofutopiasid00mumf/ 20240218155002mumford 1923 gb en Utopias HX Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 533751 2025-03-19T23:00:06.989223 text/html 508565 2025-03-18T01:49:50 text/html 1581148 2025-03-19T23:00:15.850109 application/epub+zip 1577278 2025-03-19T23:00:08.812201 application/epub+zip 334963 2025-03-19T23:00:07.899332 application/epub+zip 1357120 2025-03-19T23:00:21.321219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1315369 2025-03-19T23:00:15.019151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490298 2025-03-19T23:00:06.082195 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 470348 2025-03-18T01:49:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14558 2025-03-19T23:00:21.482075 application/rdf+xml 12994 2025-03-19T23:00:08.135146 image/jpeg 2194 2025-03-19T23:00:08.019160 image/jpeg 1811327 2025-03-19T23:00:07.068212 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia