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Uniform Title: Looking Further Forward. Finnish
Title:
Kommunistinen yhteiskunta vuonna 2000
Jatkoa ja vastaus Edward Bellamyn romaaniin "Vuonna 2000"
Credits: Produced by Matti Järvinen and Tuija Lindholm
Summary: "Kommunistinen yhteiskunta vuonna 2000" by Richard Michaelis is a critical response to Edward Bellamy's utopian novel, written in the late 19th century. The text explores themes of societal organization and critiques the notion of communism as proposed by Bellamy, arguing for the importance of individualism and competition over collective ownership. The author expresses concern about the feasibility of a perfect conforming society devoid of personal ambition and freedom. The opening of the work presents Michaelis's authorial preface, where he reflects on the societal structures of Bellamy's vision. The preface introduces Julian West, a character from Bellamy's original work, who has awakened 113 years into a radically transformed world, and sets the stage for a series of discussions highlighting the differences between his past and the proposed future. Through this introduction, Michaelis lays the groundwork for his argument by contrasting a newfound order based on supposed equality with the complexities of human nature and individual aspiration. The opening thus serves as both a personal and analytical critique of a society he believes is unrealistic and fundamentally flawed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 28.9 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read.
Author: Michaelis, Richard, 1839-1909
EBook No.: 17912
Published: Mar 4, 2006
Downloads: 74
Language: Finnish
Subject: Utopias -- Fiction
Subject: Utopian fiction
Subject: Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898. Looking backward
Subject: Utopias in literature
LoCC: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Uniform Title: Looking Further Forward. Finnish
Title:
Kommunistinen yhteiskunta vuonna 2000
Jatkoa ja vastaus Edward Bellamyn romaaniin "Vuonna 2000"
Credits: Produced by Matti Järvinen and Tuija Lindholm
Summary: "Kommunistinen yhteiskunta vuonna 2000" by Richard Michaelis is a critical response to Edward Bellamy's utopian novel, written in the late 19th century. The text explores themes of societal organization and critiques the notion of communism as proposed by Bellamy, arguing for the importance of individualism and competition over collective ownership. The author expresses concern about the feasibility of a perfect conforming society devoid of personal ambition and freedom. The opening of the work presents Michaelis's authorial preface, where he reflects on the societal structures of Bellamy's vision. The preface introduces Julian West, a character from Bellamy's original work, who has awakened 113 years into a radically transformed world, and sets the stage for a series of discussions highlighting the differences between his past and the proposed future. Through this introduction, Michaelis lays the groundwork for his argument by contrasting a newfound order based on supposed equality with the complexities of human nature and individual aspiration. The opening thus serves as both a personal and analytical critique of a society he believes is unrealistic and fundamentally flawed. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 28.9 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read.
Author: Michaelis, Richard, 1839-1909
EBook No.: 17912
Published: Mar 4, 2006
Downloads: 74
Language: Finnish
Subject: Utopias -- Fiction
Subject: Utopian fiction
Subject: Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898. Looking backward
Subject: Utopias in literature
LoCC: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.