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Utopian impulses can also be found in architecture, medicine, sport, dancing and circuses, as well as in specifically utopian literature and in the entire history of religion.
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But " The Man in the Moone " has nevertheless been given only " lukewarm consideration in different histories of English literature ", and its importance is downplayed in studies of Utopian literature.
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The Society publishes " Utopian Studies ", an international triannual peer-reviewed journal, containing scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects related to utopias, utopianism, utopian literature, utopian theory, and intentional communities.
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In 1922, he became one of the founding members of the Japan Communist Party and was elected to a seat in the Tokyo City Assembly in 1929 . Sakai translated many works related to socialism, as well as utopian literature into Japanese.
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He has researched Late Roman and early medieval history; the history of the barbarians, particularly of the Franks; the writings of Gregory of Tours ( whom he has also translated ); and the history of science fiction, fantasy, and utopian literature.
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More would have had no motivation or reason to write " Utopia " had his society not been in turmoil and in need of reformation, therefore a writer s historical background and the influence of historic events is crucial to writing anti-utopian literature.
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The part entitled " The Utopia of Greed ", describing Dagny Taggart's experiences in the hidden valley, follows the general outline of Utopian literature as established in Thomas More's original " Utopia " in 1516 and taken up by numerous later writers.
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His colorful legacy is to the vast history of utopian literature roughly what Plato's Retreat is to the history of social custom in New York, and also a reminder that utopia, any way you want to define it, is about desire of one sort or another.
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A re-issue of " Imperium " by the Arno Press in 1969 revived interest in Griggs, and several editions have been published since . " Imperium " has been embraced as an important addition to the history of utopian literature, western fiction, and African-American literature.
