Utopian Communities of the Ancient World : Idealistic Experiments of Pythagoras, the Essenes, Pachomius and Proclus.

By:

Schmidt, Brent James

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (237 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773422018
0773422013

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

307.7709/014 307.7709014

LOC classification:

HX806 .S288 2010

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Contents:

Introduction -- Notions of utopia in history and literature -- Pythagorean communities in southern Italy -- The Essenes' communities and ideals -- Pachomian communities in Egypt -- Proclus' community -- Summary.

Summary: This is the first comparative study of lived Utopian communities in antiquity. The examined communities provide examples of somewhat successful utopian experiments that belie the twentieth century notion that the application of utopian ideals must always lead to dystopia or not work at all.

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This is the first comparative study of lived Utopian communities in antiquity. The examined communities provide examples of somewhat successful utopian experiments that belie the twentieth century notion that the application of utopian ideals must always lead to dystopia or not work at all.