Sylviron

TitleSylviron
Year for Search1987
AuthorsWelty, Joel David(1927-2012)
Date Published1987
PublisherSylviron Foundation
Place PublishedFreeland, MI
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia of bigness contrasted with a small cooperative village. The dystopia is a hierarchical, authoritarian system that uses social welfare as a means of control. All citizens are required to visit their case worker every week, and in return they get a wide range of benefits tailored to their status. The eutopia is an ecologically designed cooperative village called Sylviron where everyone lives outside the control of the dystopia, and the plot of the novel focuses on the attempts of the dystopia to control Sylviron and the successful resistance. 

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Author Note

The author (1927-2012) was active in the cooperative movement and the author of books on cooperation.

Full Text

1987 Welty, Joel David (1927-2012). Sylviron. Freeland, MI: Sylviron Foundation. MiU, PSt 

Dystopia of bigness contrasted with a small cooperative village. The dystopia is a hierarchical, authoritarian system that uses social welfare as a means of control. All citizens are required to visit their case worker every week, and in return they get a wide range of benefits tailored to their status. The eutopia is an ecologically designed cooperative village called Sylviron where everyone lives outside the control of the dystopia, and the plot of the novel focuses on the attempts of the dystopia to control Sylviron and the successful resistance. The author was active in the cooperative movement and the author of books on cooperation.

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