Looking Backward from 2000-1887’ is a utopian novel that was published by Edward Bellamy in 1888.Edward Bellamy was a Massachusetts renowned writer. The following research paper explains how Bellamy and Spencer differ in the novel ‘Looking Backward from 2000-1887’.This essay also examines the Bellamy’s ideal future and also critically examines as to whether or not people can live in Bellamy’s world.’ This entry was posted in HST-226 by traficoj. Bellamy claims that in this new utopia people felt proud working together as a community and it was unthinkable that any individual should suffer the evils of poverty or hunger. Society in this new utopia was based on the overarching idea of brotherhood. Edward Bellamy presents that the introduction to socialism in the twentieth century was necessary for social harmony.

In Looking Backwards Edward Bellamy creates an ideal utopia where everyone is equal. In the authors point of view society in the nineteenth century was unjust. Although some may view this development as progression, Edward Bellamy chastises these “advances” in society. As a result the United States has become one of the one of the most powerful and wealthy nations in the world. The introduction to industrialization has promoted economic growth in the United States. Since the Civil War society has witnessed extreme change. Unlike other texts we have read this term, Looking Backwards displays a political perspective that critiques societal issues in the nineteenth century. In comparison to society in the nineteenth century Julian depicts this new world as a utopia. As a result the government controls the means of production and has divided the national product equally between all citizens. Through Doctor Leete, Julian learns that societal problems has been resolved by basing the economy on public capital rather than private. Julian is revived from his deep sleep from Doctor Leete. After falling into a deep sleep Julian wakes up in the year 2000 to a completely different society. Through Julian the reader is shown the unfair wealth distribution in society. Looking Backwards is a novel about a man name Julian West who lives in the nineteenth century.

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