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Moving the Mountain: A Utopian Vision of Social Reform and Human Progress
Paperback
Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617202087
Publisher: Sublime Books
Published: Jan 17 2011
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Moving the Mountain presents a vision of social transformation grounded in reason, cooperation, and the reorganization of everyday life. Set in a reimagined future shaped by deliberate reform, the novel explores changes in labor, education, gender roles, and social structure, offering a sustained reflection on how societies might be consciously improved.
Through a narrative framework that contrasts past conditions with a more orderly and humane system, Gilman examines the relationship between individual development and collective well-being. Her approach reflects early twentieth-century reform movements and shares affinities with broader currents in progressive and New Thought thinking, emphasizing the possibility of change through clarity of purpose and social intention.
Moving the Mountain remains an important work of utopian literature and social philosophy, valued for its thoughtful engagement with questions of progress and organization. It continues to be read by those interested in the intersection of literature, reform, and the evolution of modern social ideas.
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