The Islands of Wisdom
| Author | Alexander Moszkowski |
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| Original title | Die Inseln der Weisheit: Geschichte einer abenteuerlichen Entdeckungsfahrt |
| Country | Weimar Republic |
| Language | German |
| Subject | Social and political ideas of European philosophy / utopias |
| Genre | Science fiction, satire |
| Set in | Pacific Islands |
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Publication date
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1922 |
Die Inseln der Weisheit (The Islands of Wisdom) is a 1922 novel by Alexander Moszkowski that features expeditions to various utopian and dystopian islands that embody various social-political ideas of European philosophy and extrapolates them for their absurdities when they are put into practice.
The novel's "island of technology" Sarragalla anticipates mobile telephones and a thorough mechanization of life.
The satire of utopias also reproduces the society described in Plato's The Republic.
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