Ludzie pośród rzeczy. Ilu ich potrzebują, by żyć ze sobą zgodnie?
People among things. How much do they need to live in harmony?

Author(s): Andrzej Waśkiewicz
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: utopia; social harmony; rationing of goods; Plato; Thomas More; French Enlightenment
Summary/Abstract: The author discusses society projects involving just enough goods to satisfy real human needs and not create artificial ones. This is achieved solely through top-down control of production and consumption, but not seen as a form of external constraint. Then, “things” do not create distance between people but unite them into a harmonious community. This is the human situation the author traces in Plato’s "Republic" and "Laws", Thomas More’s "Utopia", and revolutionary visions of the state during the French Enlightenment.

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