Morris News from Nowhere [Paperback]

A new edition of William Morris's classic text of British socialism.In an era that has seen the collapse of state socialism, Morris' proposal of a powerful alternative--a future communist society in which capitalism has been abolished by a workers' revolution--has become famous as a damning critique as well as a classic work of British socialism.In an era that has seen the collapse of state socialism, Morris' proposal of a powerful alternative--a future communist society in which capitalism has been abolished by a workers' revolution--has become famous as a damning critique as well as a classic work of British socialism.News from Nowhere (1890), William Morris' most famous work, is a utopian picture of a future communist society, depicting a world in which capitalism has been abolished by a workers' revolution, and in which nature and society have become beautiful habitations for humanity. In an era that has seen the collapse of state socialism, Morris' damning critique of this conception, and his positing of a powerful alternative, are compelling reasons for paying attention to this classic of British socialism.1. Discussion and bed; 2. A morning bath; 3. The guest house and breakfast therein; 4. A market by the way; 5. Children on the road; 6. A little shopping; 7. Trafalgar Square; 8. An old friend; 9. Concerning love; 10. Questions and answers; 11. Concerning government; 12. Concerning the arrangement of life; 13. Concerning politics; 14. How matters are managed; 15. On the lack of incentive to labour in a communist society; 16. Dinner in the hall of the Bloomsbury market; 17. How the change came; 18. The beginning of the new life; 19. The drive back to Hammersmith; 20. The Hammersmith guest house again; 21. Going up the river; 22. Hampton Court, and a praiser of past times; 23. An early morning by Runnymede; 24. Up the Thames; 25. The third day on the Thames; 26. The Obstinate Refusers; 27. The upper waters; 28. The little river; 29. A resting-place on the uppelX