Erewhon

Name: Erewhon
Brand: Aziloth Books
SKU: 9781907523649
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Автор: Samuel Butler

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Aziloth Books

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Samuel Butler's irreverent satire, 'Erewhon', castigates the hypocrisy of both religion and conventi...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Samuel Butler

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2010

страници

150

EAN

9781907523649

ISBN

9781907523649

Enbook ID

08865254

Издател

Aziloth Books

Теглоt

238

Размери

156 x 229 x 9

Пълно описание

Samuel Butler's irreverent satire, 'Erewhon', castigates the hypocrisy of both religion and conventional social mores, and pours scorn on the unthinking acceptance that makes such beliefs possible. In Erewhon (an anagram of 'Nowhere') 'normal' behaviour' consists of hospitalizing fraudsters and chastising the sick; of disregarding genius and praising the insane. Erewhonians are described as "meek and long-suffering, easily led by the nose, and quick to offer up common sense at the shrine of logic" - pointed criticism of both Victorian society and contemporary 'politically-correct' repression. Butler's imaginative tale sparkles with wit and prescient insights: his discussion of the dangers posed by increasingly intelligent machines has more relevance today than when it was first written over 130 years ago.

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