Power, Authority, and the Future of Mankind. Rereading William Golding’s Lord of the Flies

Abstract

This paper aims to consider a series of politico-symbolic aspects in a specific politicized dystopia of the twentieth century: Lord of the Flies (1954) by William Golding (1911–1993). This analysis is paired with a brief overview of the relationship between utopian fictions and politics.

Keywords

• political theory
• english literature
• state of nature
• political symbolism
• hobbes