Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy

Paper selection 2: Turning back: Government and power imbalance between 1887 and 2000 Bellamy's book "Looking Back", the government's vision and the idea for creating a utopian society is mainly the gold plating era The idea of ​​the house that emphasizes power, social theory and unbalance is related to Henry George, a trade union rights movement, that is, behavior like a union and a government leader of the 19th century. In Bellamy's book, one of the themes that Julian compared between 2000 and 1887 - 2000 is that in Dream 2000, the fact that the government controls many aspects of life far exceeds 1887 was.

In "Looking Back" (1887), Reformer Edward Bellamy envisioned a socialist paradise of the future established in 2000 by the United States. Works by authors such as George and Bellamy are becoming more and more popular, and although these organizations rarely make social changes indeed, clubs are surrounding the United States to discuss their thoughts It was made to. The third awakening, which began before the beginning of the civil war, changed the attitude of religion towards social progress. The supporters of the new people awakened promoted the idea of ​​social gospel. It created a village such as the YMCA, the US branch of the Salvation Army, Jane Adams of Chicago, founded in 1889.

In his novel "Looking Back", Edward Bellamy showed his strong optimism about the future of mankind. His optimism is supported by two beliefs: belief in the rational power to improve human condition and the fundamental advantage of human nature. The main improvement required by the economy is elimination of waste from private labor and production organization in the 19th century. Bellamy's military model provides a system that can make necessary reforms. The moral argument of the novel relates to this theme. The novel places great importance on reexamining individuals' positions in the whole human beings, focusing on common interests rather than personal interests, which is a precious goal of society. The spirit of competition in capitalism was replaced by the spirit of cooperation in the Bellamy nationalist version.

Bellamy (Edwin Bellamy 's cousin, the author of two best - selling socialist utopian novels, "Looking back on equality") believes that sneaky capitalism, materialism and individualism betrayed America' s promise. He wishes to promote the opposite morality against the greed that the pledge of loyalty believes he is destroying the country. In 1923, under the opposition of the old Bellamy, the Flag Conference, led by the American Veterans Association and the American revolutionary daughter, "I swear the allegiance to my flag" "I am loyal to the flag I swear ". United States of America. "When the Cold War peaks in 1954 - when many political leaders believed that the country was being threatened by atheistic communism - the Columbus Order would not let Congress add" under God " Led to the success of the campaign allowed.