Owen, blair and Utopian Socialism: On the post-apocalyptic reformulation of marx and engels

Critique

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-269

  McGrail, Brian A ^a  

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Author keywords

Dystopia; Marx and Engels; New Labour; Robert Owen; Utopia; Utopian Socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957441318     PISSN: 00111600     EISSN: 03017605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03017605.2011.561631     Document Type: Article

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