TY - BOOK ID - 77894378 TI - Utopian Communities of the Ancient World PY - 2010 SN - 0773422013 9780773422018 9780773437364 0773437363 PB - Lewiston Edwin Mellen Press DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy, Ancient. KW - Utopian socialism -- History. KW - Utopias -- History. KW - Utopias KW - Utopian socialism KW - Philosophy, Ancient KW - Political Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Socialism, Communism & Anarchism KW - Ancient philosophy KW - Greek philosophy KW - Philosophy, Greek KW - Philosophy, Roman KW - Roman philosophy KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77894378 AB - This is the first comparative study of lived Utopian communities in antiquity. The examined communities provide examples of somewhat successful utopian experiments that belie the twentieth century notion that the application of utopian ideals must always lead to dystopia or not work at all. ER -