A New View of Society and Other Writings

Gregory Claeys, Robert Owen

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English

Penguin Classics
31 January 1991

Literary essays; Society & culture: general; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies

Major work by one of the greatest British social reformers

In his early works Owen argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. Later he came to adopt far more radical positions, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation ofmankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', a full-scale reorganization of British society, major reforms of working practices and the Poor Laws and the establishment of co-operative model.

By: Gregory Claeys, Robert Owen
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780140433487
ISBN 10: 0140433481
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 31 January 1991
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Owen (1771-1858) was one of the greatest of British social reformers. George Claeys received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is now Associate Professor of History at Washington University.

Reviews for A New View of Society and Other Writings

'... represents a vital contribution, not only to the study of early modern English political thought, but also to the intellectual history of the British Atlantic world.' History '... a new and thoroughly historicist view of early English colonization ... Fitzmaurice demonstrates that humanism was the primary lens through which the English understood the promises and terms of establishing colonies in the Americas ... Humanism and America is an intellectual history of the first order. Its influence on the historiography should be profound and it is especially important within the field of intellectual history because it demonstrates so convincingly the significance of humanism as an intellectual movement that influenced society and politics in England.' Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History