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...ion management system. Obviously, these technologies helped to overcome thesconsequences of the Great Depression in 1929. They were used in the United States under Roosevelt andsGermany under Hitler (=-=Kasson, 1977-=-). However, Bellamy’s work has not only prophetic goal. E. Bellamy’ssutopia is the heaven for a consumer society. According to John Kasson, “in Bellamy’s utopian world materialsconsumption is becoming...

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...ing classes had quite suddenly and very generally become infected with asprofound discontent with their condition, and an idea that it could be greatly bettered if they only knew how tosgo about it "(=-=Bellamy, 1888-=-). Escape from imminent and expected catastrophe turns into an escape from history:sWest wakes up in 2000.sMuch of Bellamy’s novel tells the story of the development of urban infrastructure in Boston ...

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... actions.sE. Bloch precisely evaluates E. Bellamy’s utopia “it entirely fits the projection of the present ... for the future;sthere is a deep satisfaction with the basis of capitalist civilization” (=-=Bloch, 1986-=-). “Horizons of expectation”sintroduced by Bellamy’s utopia was implemented in 1930: triumphant nationalism, protectionism,smonopolization, “Taylor” production management system. Obviously, these tech...

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...ssocial reformers belonging to the middle class, was a means of preparation for future changes. This factsdetermined the demand for this kind of literature in the Far East, in China and Japan namely (=-=Martynov, 2013-=-).sUtopian fiction has ideological function. It offers the ways to solve the real contradictions of the capitalistssociety: attacks the idea of competition, creating inequality in a society, and preac...