"This book examines conceptions of human nature and how such ideas impact the political arrangements in the works of Thomas More, Edward Bellamy, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell. By teasing out the underlying conceptions of human nature in these novels, this book links the ontology of their works directly to their political prescriptions"--.

• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 The Imperfection of Utopia
• 2 The Mutability of Human Nature in Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward
• 3 Technology and Human Nature in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
• 4 The Totalitarian State and Human Nature in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
• 5 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author