utopias

Plato examines the nature of justice and other topics of moral and political philosophy in the format of a dialogue between Socrates and several other thinkers.

Utopia is one of the most influential books in the western philosophical and literary tradition, and one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. A fictional island's society embraces religious tolerance, state ownership of the land, and care for the elderly.

Recounts the efforts of Louisa May Alcott's family to establish a utopian community known as Fruitlands in Massachusetts in 1843, as seen through the eyes of the shy eleven-year-old girl next door.

Discusses efforts to create perfect societies by such individuals as: Ann Lee and Joseph Meacham and the Shakers, Christian Metz and the Amana Colonies, George Rapp and the Harmony Society, Robert Owen and New Harmony, George Ripley and Brook Farm, John Humphrey Noyes and Oneida, and Katherine Tingley and the Point Loma community.

A novel about a utopian community of about 1,000 people that applied behavioral engineering to resolve everyday problems. Behaviorist B.F. Skinner applies principles of behavior modification to a fictional community.

Covers utopian thought and experiments with over 600 multiple entries arranged sequentially. Examines Thomas More's "Utopia," and other ideas from philosophers and thinkers in an attempt to "create a perfect world.".

Contains Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1915 novel "Herland," the story of a fictional utopia with an all-female population, and includes the short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper," a portrait of a woman's mental breakdown, and a selection of other short stories and poems.