Michael J. Griffin, and Tom Moylan, ed.: Exploring the Utopian Impulse: Essays on Utopian Thought and Practice.(Book review)

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Michael J. Griffin, and Tom Moylan, ed. Exploring the Utopian Impulse: Essays on Utopian Thought and Practice. Vol. 2 of the Ralahine Utopian Studies. Bern: Peter Lang, 2007. 434 pp. $59.95; 25.00 [pounds sterling]

This is a refereed collection of twenty papers presented at the first international conference sponsored by the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies at the University of Limerick and the second volume in the series to be published by the Centre. I have attended a number of the seminars and conferences held by the Centre and have given advice regarding the ...

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