Sibylla or The Revival of Prophecy

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1926
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Presented in eutopian terms but can be read in dystopian ones because the stress is on the scientific management and deliberate manipulation of the population to produce desired results. Stresses the need to manipulate workers and children should be educated to meet the needs of the state.

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[1926]

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Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner
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London
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[1926] Mace, C[ecil] A[lex] (1894-1971). Sibylla or The Revival of Prophecy. London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner. A volume in the To-day and To-morrow series. On the series, see Max Saunders, Imagined Futures: Writing, Science and Modernity on the To-Day and To-Morrow Series, 1923-31. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2019. O

Presented in eutopian terms but can be read in dystopian ones because the stress is on the scientific management and deliberate manipulation of the population to produce the desired results. Children should be educated to meet the needs of the state. 

Info Notes

A volume in the To-day and To-morrow series. On the series, see Max Saunders, Imagined Futures: Writing, Science and Modernity on the To-Day and To-Morrow Series, 1923-31. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 2019. 

Author Note

The author (1894-1971) was an English psychologist who was teaching in Scotland at the time of publication.

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