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Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores how false utopias proposed by revolutionaries and freethinkers hinder the progress of liberal thought. The author argues that the problem with modern social reformers is not their desire to critique traditional authority, but their insertion of impossible and impractical ideas into the heart of their social discourse. By promising to eliminate suffering and poverty by removing all forms of individual freedom and replacing them with a centrally planned system, these utopian thinkers, such as Owen, Fourier, and others, actually implement a system far more oppressive than anything they sought to replace. It is in understanding the flaws of their arguments, the author suggests, that true liberal progress can be made. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.