Building the City of Man: Outlines of a World Civilization

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TitleBuilding the City of Man: Outlines of a World Civilization
Year for Search1971
AuthorsWagar, W[alter] Warren(1932-2004)
Tertiary AuthorsWagar, W. Warren
Paginationxii + 180 pp.
Date Published1971
PublisherGrossman Publishers
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number9780670194612 9780716707929
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Non-fiction with half the book on the current Crisis of Civilization (1-74) that could result in a spiral to barbarism. But the second half includes a eutopia, Cosmopolis (75-178), with an explanation of its institutions. A new world culture based on a world religion that will give rise to world morality. There will be an end to patriarchy, multiple family structures, and a “liberation of eros.” Radically reformed education and a world government. See also the author’s 1989 A Short History of the Future and 1991 The Next Three Futures.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman, 1971. xii + 180 pp.
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Author Note

The author (1932-2004) was Professor of History at Binghamton University. He was a specialist on H. G. Wells and also published science fiction stories, some of which were utopian; see his 1986 “The Day of No-Judgement”; 1987 “The Night of No Joy”; 1988 “The Time of No Troubles”; and 1993 “Goodfood.”
Full Text

1971 Wagar, W[alter] Warren (1932-2004). Building the City of Man: Outlines of a World Civilization. New York: Grossman Publishers. xii + 180 pp. Rpt. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman, 1971. xii + 180 pp. PSt

Non-fiction with half the book on the current Crisis of Civilization (1-74) that could result in a spiral to barbarism. But the second half includes a eutopia, Cosmopolis (75-178), with an explanation of its institutions. A new world culture based on a world religion that will give rise to world morality. There will be an end to patriarchy, multiple family structures, and a “liberation of eros.” Radically reformed education and a world government. See also the author’s 1989 A Short History of the Future and 1991 The Next Three Futures. The author was Professor of History at Binghamton University. He was a specialist on H. G. Wells and also published science fiction stories, some of which were utopian; see his 1986 “The Day of No-Judgement”; 1987 “The Night of No Joy”; 1988 “The Time of No Troubles”; and 1993 “Goodfood.”