| The Islands of Wisdom: The Story of an Adventurous Expedition | |
| Author: | Alexander Moszkowski |
| Title Orig: | Die Inseln der Weisheit: Geschichte einer abenteuerlichen Entdeckungsfahrt |
| Country: | Weimar Republic |
| Language: | German |
| Subject: | Social and political ideas of European philosophy / utopias |
| Genre: | Science fiction, satire |
| Set In: | Berlin and Pacific Islands |
| Pub Date: | 1922 |
Die Inseln der Weisheit (The Islands of Wisdom) is a 1922 novel by Alexander Moszkowski that features expeditions to various utopian and dystopian islands that embody various social-political ideas of European philosophy and extrapolates them for their absurdities when they are put into practice.[1]
The novel's "island of technology" Sarragalla anticipates mobile telephones and a thorough mechanization of life.[1]
The satire of utopias also reproduces the society described in Plato's The Republic.[2]