John S. Partington, Building Cosmopolis: The Political Thought of H. G. Wells
Here is an excellent book on Wells’s political philosophy grounded on the one hand in the theory of ‘Ethical Evolution’ as taught by T. H. Huxley, and on the other in late Victorian socialism. From this basis Wells developed a worldview which rejected class struggle and narrow nationalism and advoc...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2025
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Here is an excellent book on Wells’s political philosophy grounded on the one hand in the theory of ‘Ethical Evolution’ as taught by T. H. Huxley, and on the other in late Victorian socialism. From this basis Wells developed a worldview which rejected class struggle and narrow nationalism and advocated global co-operation for the maintenance of peace and the advancement of the human species in a world society. The book deals mainly with Wells’s non-fictional works (such as Anticipations publ... |
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