# Theodor Hertzka — The Story of Utopias character guide

> Theodor Hertzka in The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hertzka, Dr. Hertzka

**First appearance:** 0003-the-story-of-utopias

## Who they are

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

## Relationships

### [Edward Bellamy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/characters/edward_bellamy)

_professional_

Bellamy and Hertzka were competing utopian novelists of the late 19th century, each proposing different economic systems for future societies.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as the Austrian economist who imagined the Freelanders.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iii)

Austrian economist and author of Freeland, whose utopian vision led to a colonization attempt in Africa.

### [A Visit to Freeland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iv)

Author of the Freeland utopia, whose ideas on industrial control and capital management are analyzed.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iv)

European contemporary of Bellamy who stirred minds with similar utopian writings.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/x)

Included as a utopian thinker whose projects failed due to the same assumption of single-handed realization.

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