The Story of Utopias · Character

Theodor Hertzka

Austrian economist and author of Freeland, a utopian novel discussed here.

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Also known as Hertzka, Dr. Hertzka

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Mentioned as the Austrian economist who imagined the Freelanders.

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With Edward Bellamy (professional): Bellamy and Hertzka were competing utopian novelists of the late 19th century, each proposing different economic systems for future societies.

In V: Mentioned as the Austrian economist who imagined the Freelanders.

Later, in I: His utopia 'A Visit to Freeland' is cited as one where common land ownership is foundational.

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Edward Bellamy
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V
Mentioned as the Austrian economist who imagined the Freelanders.
I
His utopia 'A Visit to Freeland' is cited as one where common land ownership is foundational.
Freeland: The Individualist Utopia on a Social Foundation
Austrian economist and author of Freeland, whose utopian vision led to a colonization attempt in Africa.
A Visit to Freeland
Author of the Freeland utopia, whose ideas on industrial control and capital management are analyzed.
V
Hertzka's Freeland is critiqued for its mechanical progress and middle-class values, with Edendale described as a go-ahead city focused on sanitation and comfort.
Looking Backward into the Future
European contemporary of Bellamy who stirred minds with similar utopian writings.
VI
Referenced in relation to the cooperative association of tenant farmers in Wells' utopia, which is said to follow lines suggested by Hertzka in 'Freeland'.
VIII
Hertzka is mentioned alongside Bellamy as a utopian thinker who aimed to reform the industrial city's failings.
The Eutopian Challenge: From Idola to Action
Included as a utopian thinker whose projects failed due to the same assumption of single-handed realization.

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