... that the failure of the city was not man made. However, the cities were unable to protect civilisation; the utopian idea failed - an idea that can be seen in Anthony Burgess" famous novel A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess, 1962). This was another key dystopian text of the 1960's, although it differed very much from what we can call "traditional" dystopian fiction. It is an anti-utopian novel ... aimless and held in control by a powerful, corrupt police force. There is a strong implication that the rise in teenage hooliganism in A Clockwork Orange is a subconscious reaction to the increa...

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