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Utopia 1516-2016 : More's eccentric essay and its activist aftermath /

This year marks the five-hundredth anniversary of Thomas More's widely influential book Utopia, and this volume brings together a number of scholars to consider the book, its long afterlife, and specifically its effects on political activists over the centuries. In addition to thorough studies...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sissa, Giulia, 1954- (Editor ), Ruler, J. A. van (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; Part 1: The book; A praise of pain; Bodies, morals, and religion; Part 2: Original reception; Realism vs utopianism; From Thomas More to Thomas Smith; Part 3: Philosophical criticism; Reflections on the utopian mind; Utopianism in today's health care; Part 4: Philosophical acclaim; Utopianism and its discontents; The integrity of exacerbated ambiguity; Index.