Max Nettlau's utopian vision : a translation of Esbozo de historia de las utopias / edited and translated by Toby Widdicombe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nettlau, Max, 1865-1944, author.

Contributor:

Widdicombe, Toby, 1955- editor, translator.

Series:

Anthem Anarchist Studies

Anthem anarchist studies

Standardized Title:

Esbozo de historia de las utopías. English

Language:

English

German

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Utopias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlii, 165 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Utopian vision

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2023.

Language Note:

Text in English, translated from French and supplemented by a Spanish translation (purportedly from German).

Summary:

<i>Max Nettlau's Utopian Vision</i> provides a historically grounded presentation of the entire literature of utopianism. Nettlau shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject. He passionately believed that the value of utopian thinking and class struggle should not be underestimated as utopian desire exists in all of us. Utopian thinking, according to Nettlau, stimulates the imagination and awakens the desire to attain a better life for everyone. Without it, human progress is impossible.

Contents:

<p style="text-align: justify;">I. Introduction; A. Brief Biography of Max Nettlau: 1. Chronology; 2. Bibliography of Nettlau's Works; B. Discussion of the Textual History of the Work; C. Discussion of the Place of this Sketch of Utopianism in the History of Ideas; D. Discussion of the Particular Merits of the Nettlau Text; E. Discussion of the Criteria Governing the Translation: 1. Brief Excursus on Translation Theory; 2. Emphasis on Readability over Literal Accuracy; 3. Problems Associated with Basing a Translation on Two Texts in Different Languages; 4. Textual Cruxes Deriving from Nettlau's Habits of Composition and on His Writing in a French that Betrays His German First-Language Roots; 5. Editorial Decisions (Degree Of Standardization and Normalization of the Text; Handling of Titles of Texts Other than Those in English, etc.) Ii. Text Iii. Notes Iv. Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Nov 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781785279171

1785279173

9781785279164

1785279165