Edward Bellamy Bücher

"Als Julian West in einen künstlich herbeigeführten hundertjährigen Schlaf fällt, findet er nach dem Aufwachen die Welt um sich herum nach all der Zeit verständlicherweise deutlich verändert vor. Boston und überhaupt die USA sind in dieser, leider sehr fiktionalen Erzählung, ein ideales, perfektes Gemeinwesen. So sehr Bellamy hier auch von der Wirklichkeit entfernt ist - einige Aspekte unseres heutigen Lebens hat er tatsächlich zutreffend prognostiziert - so etwa die Kreditkarte, die erst viele Jahre nach seinem Roman erfunden wurde." Redaktion Gröls-Verlag (Edition Werke der Weltliteratur)

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Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) is a thunderous indictment of industrial capitalism and a resplendent vision of life in a socialist utopia. Matthew Beaumont's lively edition explores the political and psychological peculiarities of this celebrated utopian fiction.

Stimulating, thought-provoking utopian fantasy about a young man who's put into a hypnotic sleep in the late 19th century and awakens in the year 2000 to find a vastly changed world where crime, war, and want no longer exist. A provocative study of human society as it is and as it might be.

The book tells the story of Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep, hypnosis-induced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later. He finds himself in the same location (Boston, Massachusetts), but in a totally changed world: It is the year 2000 and, while he was sleeping, the United States has been transformed into a socialist utopia. The remainder of the book outlines Bellamy's thoughts about improving the future. The major themes include problems associated with capitalism. The young man readily finds a guide, Doctor Leete, who shows him around and explains all the advances of this new age; including drastically reduced working hours for people performing menial jobs and almost instantaneous, Internet-like delivery of goods. The goods of society are equally distributed to its citizens. A considerable portion of the book is dialogue between Leete and West wherein West expresses his confusion about how the future society works and Leete explains.

Kniha pojednává o dystopickém světě, kde vládne obdoba komunismu. Julian West usne v roce 1887 magnetickým spánkem a probudí se v roce 2000. Autor knihy podrobně a do detailu probírá dystopické státní zřízení roku 2000. Vše řídí stát, majetek je společný. Lidé jsou rozděleni do 4 tříd, práce je nucená, všichni musí pracovat podle svých schopností. Jsou zrušeny peníze, mzdy a výdaje se počítají přes úvěrovou kartu. Bydlení je úsporné, vše je typizováno, není nadbytek ani nedostatek. Je rovnoprávnost žen. Julianovi, který je ze své doby zvyklý na bídu, nezaměstnanost, války, tento svět připadá jako ráj.