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Abstract:
The Bahá'í Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopian visions of progress from 19th-century literature and dystopian visions of 20th-century fiction, disillusioned by war and social and economic disasters.
Notes:
See also commentary by Ross Woodman.

The Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations:

A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature

Elham Afnan

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies

1:4, pp. 1-20

Ottawa, ON: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1989

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