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Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays

G. K. Chesterton

This work critically examines capitalism, social issues, and the evolving nature of art and society, suggesting a deep concern for the human condition in the face of growing commercialism and moral decay.

"Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays" by G. K. Chesterton is a collection of essays. This work critically examines capitalism, social issues, and the evolving nature of art and society, suggesting a deep concern for the human condition in the face of growing commercialism and moral decay.

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Something has come into our community, which is strong enough to save our community; but which has not yet got a name. Let no one fancy I confess any unreality when I confess the namelessness. The morality called Puritanism, the tendency called Liberalism, the reaction called Tory Democracy, had not only long been powerful, but had practically done most of their work, before these actual names were attached to them. Nevertheless, I think it would be a good thing to have some portable and practicable way of referring to those who think as we do in our main concern. Which is, that men in England are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by brutes who refuse them bread, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern, and therefore wish to enslave.

Contents

  1. 01A Song of Swords
  2. 02Utopia of Usurers
  3. 03The Escape
  4. 04The New Raid
  5. 05The New Name
  6. 06A Workman’s History of England
  7. 07The French Revolution and the Irish
  8. 08Liberalism: A Sample
  9. 09The Fatigue of Fleet Street
  10. 10The Amnesty for Aggression
  11. 11Revive the Court Jester
  12. 12The Art of Missing the Point
  13. 13The Servile State Again
  14. 14The Empire of the Ignorant
  15. 15The Symbolism of Krupp
  16. 16The Tower of Bebel
  17. 17A Real Danger
  18. 18The Dregs of Puritanism
  19. 19The Tyranny of Bad Journalism
  20. 20The Poetry of the Revolution

About this edition

Author
G. K. Chesterton
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Advanced: for close, demanding reading
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
94 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers