02773cam a22005291 4500 utopianessayspra0000good CaSfIA 20260202134448.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 720427s1962 nyua o 000 0 eng 62008962 (OCoLC)1245909784 DLC eng DLC BUF BTCTA LVB OCLCG ZWZ UKMGB GBVCP OCLCO OCLCF ILC OCLCQ RTD CaSfIA 001463195 Uk 0394702476 9780394702476 AC8 .G764 814.52 17.97 bcl 18.06 bcl Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972. Utopian essays and practical proposals. New York, Random House [1962] 1 online resource (289 pages illustrations) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 8vo. rdabf Goodman confronts the characteristic dilemma of Americans today: it is only by operating within the accepted society that anything can be done; but our society discourages initiative and inhibits fundamental change. The final stage in this process is fascism. In this collections of essays, Goodman consider this dilemma, insisting on seeing the extension of human possibilities in the immediate future. Utopian thinking -- "Applied science" and superstition -- Pornography and the sexual revolution -- Designing pacifist films -- Post-Christian man -- On the intellectual inhibition of explosive grief and anger -- My psychology as a "Utopian sociologist" -- On a writer's block -- Notes on a remark of Seami -- Dr. Reich's banned books -- Banning cars from Manhattan (with Percival Goodman) -- Seating arrangements: an elementary lecture in functional planning -- What is a picture? -- Advance-guard writing in America: 1900-1950 -- Good interim writing -1954 -- Underground writing -1960 -- Some problems of interpretation: silence, and speech as action -- Vocational guidance -- Youth work camps -- Crisis and new spirit. Archive Utopias. Utopies. Utopias. fast (OCoLC)fst01163359 Utopies. ram Utopias Online version: Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972. Utopian essays and practical proposals. New York, Random House [1962] (OCoLC)609861885 https://archive.org/details/utopianessayspra0000good Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2078659M Additional information and access via Open Library utopianessayspra0000good ark:/13960/t9r31bd1h