Utopia 1516-2016 : More's Eccentric Essay and its Activist Aftermath /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ruler, J. A. van (Editor), Sissa, Giulia, 1954- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
More, Thomas, > Saint, > 1478-1535. > Utopia.
Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint)
PHILOSOPHY > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
England.
Benelux countries.
Angleterre.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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