作者	（英）克雷斯编
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出版时间	2003-05-01

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Thisisthefirstmajorcollcetionofeighteenth-centuryBritishutopias.Seventracts,spanningthecentur,showhowtheimageoftheidealsocietywasusedasaformofsocialcriticism,andparticularlyasameansoffocussingonideasofprogressandcommercialdeveopment.Radicalandrepublicanthindingaboutpropertyownership,socialequality,andcommerceandluxury-ofparticularrelevancetothecritiqueofcorruptioninthisperiod-coexistswithnostalgicandconservativenotionsoftheidealhierarchicalcommunity.Theintroduction.whichsetshesetractsinawiderconetxtofsimilartexts,examinestheirrealtionshiptothepoliticalthoughtoftheperiod,andshowshowissuesanddevelopmentsofkeyimportance,fromthedebatesurroundingtheFrenchrevolutiontotheoriginsofRomanticismandearlysocialism,areiluminatedbyanunderstandingoftheutopiantradition.