Historical Dictionary of Utopianism

This <I>Dictionary</I> provides a wide range of coverage on a topic that has played a significant role in human society from the early theoreticians and thinkers who proposed republican democratic and authoritarian innovations; to those who sought equality of classes races and genders; to those who insisted on hierarchy under a supreme leader or god; and to those who had more practical economic social and ethical plans. This historical dictionary covers the most vital information on the persons plans and attempts associated with utopianism that have been seen since ancient times. An introductory essay chronology 600 dictionary entries an extensive bibliography and an appendix listing the names and locations of utopian communities worldwide enable the reader to explore the Western mind's desire to improve the world and the lives of the people within it as utopianism has persisted over the centuries.