The Islands of Wisdom

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The Islands of Wisdom: The Story of an Adventurous Expedition
Author Alexander Moszkowski
Original titleDie Inseln der Weisheit: Geschichte einer abenteuerlichen Entdeckungsfahrt
LanguageGerman
SubjectSocial and political ideas of European philosophy / utopias
GenreScience fiction, satire
Set in Berlin and Pacific Islands
Publication date
1922
Publication place Weimar Republic

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. [1]

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The novel's "island of technology" Sarragalla anticipates mobile telephones and a thorough mechanization of life. [1]

The satire of utopias also reproduces the society described in Plato's The Republic . [2]


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References

  1. 1 2 Rottensteiner, Franz (31 December 2008). The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany & Austria. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN   978-0-8195-6831-1 . Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Stableford, Brian M. (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 378. ISBN   9780415974608 . Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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