The Open Conspiracy: H.G. Wells on World Revolution (Praeger Series in Presidential Studies) [Paperback]

W. Warren Wagar (Author)

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Publication Date: October 30, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0275975398 | ISBN-13: 978-0275975395

H.G. Wells was acclaimed during his lifetime as one of the most original and creative thinkers of the 20th century, and retains to this day a position of considerable importance in the history of ideas. In 1928 when he wrote this cry for a new age of worldwide knowledge networking, there was no Internet. Yet Wells was already convinced that if only thinking people across the planet could somehow pull together and pool their expertise, energy, and insights into sort of cerebrum for humanity, then the world would be a saner, safer, better, fairer place. Anyone aware of how the Internet already reflects both the vices and the virtues of society and wonders how a world-renowned visionary like H.G. Wells envisaged knowledge networking as working in practice will enjoy this book. It is a hymn to the practical possibilities of world group action.

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"Probably the most important new contribution to an understanding of Wells's political thought published since [the author's] own H.G. Wells and the World State appeared in 1961 ... [a] unique and valuable contribution to Wellsian thought ... This volume, and indeed all Wagar's work, is an essnetial read for an understanding of Wells's political vision."-The Wellsian

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A new edition of a classic--and imaginative--work of global theory, that takes on a new resonance in our post-modern world.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (October 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275975398
• ISBN-13: 978-0275975395
• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 6.3 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting peice on an interesting topic April 11, 2009

By J. Spalding

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For anyone who follows the NWO events in history, this is a great read. When will there be a new world order and who will be at the top when it forms? Is the current NWO forming in the open, by consent, or by force? Is one or the other even possible?