Saturday, February 27, 2010

"Looking Backward"

Jennifer Hecht didn't leave much out of Doubt: A History. But might there have been a place for Edward Bellamy, whose Looking Backward inspired many late-19th century social utopians to translate their religious doubt into a political faith-- a faith that was supposed to have been redeemed by now, in Bellamy's dream? (Check out the new Google "clip" function.)

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