The Land Of Utopia
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Utopia
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Author : Thomas More
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-12-03
Utopia written by Thomas More and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-03 with Political Science categories.
Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.
Utopia
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Author : Thomas More
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-09
Utopia written by Thomas More and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-09 with categories.
Utopiaby Thomas MoreOne of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literary tradition, Sir Thomas More's Utopia appeared in 1516. The formidable Henry VIII had recently assumed the throne in England, and conflicting ideas about religion were fuelling the Reformation throughout Europe. A scathing satire, Utopia was hugely successful and vaulted More to the forefront of the growing humanist movement. The story of Utopia is told by a mysterious sailor named Raphael Hythloday, who travels to the New World with the Italian explorer Vespucci and remains at a fort built at the farthest point reached. From there, he discovers a strange island kingdom named Utopia, a pagan and communist city-state in which language, social customs, dress, architecture, and education are identical throughout the country's fifty-four cities. The Utopians have eliminated wealth, the nobility, and currency. Labour and goods are distributed equally and property is held in common. And there are no monasteries, alehouses, or academies to tempt a person to withdraw from society. Given More's satiric leanings and eventual execution, is Utopia simply an attack on Europe's wickedness? Or is it a philosophical tract extolling the ideal way to live? Ultimately, Utopia navigates a course between the desire to create perfection and the pragmatic understanding that perfection, given the fallibility of mankind, is impossible.
Summary Of Utopia By Thomas More
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Author : getAbstract AG
language : en
Publisher: getAbstract AG
Release Date : 2020-08-14
Summary Of Utopia By Thomas More written by getAbstract AG and has been published by getAbstract AG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-14 with Fiction categories.
Can the world be a better place? Are there rules and codes of conduct that would allow a society to exist in just and harmonious balance? As far back as records reach, people have struggled to understand what is necessary for a stable and contented world. As the Renaissance spread to Northern Europe, Thomas More looked around him and keenly felt the difference between the rough and tumble of Tudor England versus the sort of society that would offer dignity and opportunity to his fellow men. Taking inspiration from the discoveries of the explorers, starting with the Portuguese navigators and Columbus, he placed his speculations of what a decent society would look like by inventing a description of a newly discovered land: Utopia. As the fictional narrator, a Portuguese seafarer, recounts how the Utopians deal with property, commerce, social relations, governance and even criminality, More explores how a constructive and humanist society might operate. While some elements of Utopia seem quite modern, others such as slavery and strict patriarchy can seem surprising. Clearly, elements of Utopia reflect More’s ideals, and he may even have thought them practical – such as the treatment of criminals. Others may be simple speculation or even satire. What is most important is that More moved beyond moralizing to envision what the utopian society might look like and thereby to start a long tradition of utopian and dystopian writing that remains as vital today as it was in 1516. This summary of Utopia was produced by getAbstract, the world's largest provider of book summaries. getAbstract works with hundreds of the best publishers to find and summarize the most relevant content out there. Find out more at getabstract.com.
The Dynamics Of Utopia And War In The Land Of Nowhere Thomas More And Francois Rabelais
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Author : Neil J. Schaeffer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
The Dynamics Of Utopia And War In The Land Of Nowhere Thomas More And Francois Rabelais written by Neil J. Schaeffer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Journey Through Utopia
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Author : Marie Louise Berneri
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-21
Journey Through Utopia written by Marie Louise Berneri and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this title, originally published in 1950, the author has set out to give a description and a critical assessment of the most important (not necessarily the most famous) Utopian writings since Plato first gave, in his Republic, a literary form to the dreams of a Golden Age and of ideal societies which had doubtless been haunting man since the beginning of the conscious discussion of social problems. It is more than a mere compilation and criticism of Utopias, it brings out in a striking way the close and fateful relationship between Utopian thought and social reality, and takes its place among the important books which had appeared in the previous few years, warning us, from various points of view, of the doom that awaits those who are foolish enough to put their trust in an ordered and regimented world.
Introduction To Utopia
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Author : Henry Wolfgang Donner
language : en
Publisher: Freeport, N.Y. : Books for Libraries Press
Release Date : 1969
Introduction To Utopia written by Henry Wolfgang Donner and has been published by Freeport, N.Y. : Books for Libraries Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Dynamics Of Utopia And War In The Land Of Nowhere Thomas More And Francois Rabelais
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Author : Thelma Schenkel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
The Dynamics Of Utopia And War In The Land Of Nowhere Thomas More And Francois Rabelais written by Thelma Schenkel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
Utopia
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Author : Thomas More
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2003-01-30
Utopia written by Thomas More and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-30 with Political Science categories.
In Utopia, More paints a vision of the customs and practices of a distant island, but Utopia means 'no place' and his narrator's name, Hythlodaeus, translates as 'dispenser of nonsense'. This fantastical tale masks what is a serious and subversive analysis of the failings of More's society. Advocating instead a world in which there is religious tolerance, provision for the aged, and state ownership of land, Utopia has been variously claimed as a Catholic tract or an argument for communism andit still invites each generation to make its own interpretation.
The Nationality Of Utopia
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Author : Maxim Shadurski
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-14
The Nationality Of Utopia written by Maxim Shadurski and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
Since its generic inception in 1516, utopia has produced visions of alterity which renegotiate, subvert, and transcend existing places. Early in the twentieth century, H. G. Wells linked utopia to the World State, whose post-national, post-Westphalian emergence he predicated on English national discourse. This critical study examines how the discursive representations of England’s geography, continuity, and character become foundational to the Wellsian utopia and elicit competing response from Wells’s contemporaries, particularly Robert Hugh Benson and Aldous Huxley, with further ramifications throughout the twentieth century. Contextualized alongside modern theories of nationalism and utopia, as well as read jointly with contemporary projections of England as place, reactions to Wells demonstrate a shift from disavowal to retrieval of England, on the one hand, and from endorsement to rejection of the World State, on the other. Attempts to salvage the residual traces of English culture from their degradation in the World State have taken increasing precedence over the imagination of a post-national order. This trend continues in the work of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, J. G. Ballard, and Julian Barnes, whose future scenarios warn against a world without England. The Nationality of Utopia investigates utopia’s capacity to deconstruct and redeploy national discourse in ways that surpass fear and nostalgia.
Utopia
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Author : Thomas Morus
language : en
Publisher: Re-Image Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-29
Utopia written by Thomas Morus and has been published by Re-Image Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-29 with Philosophy categories.
De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More. The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. The name of the place is derived from the Greek words οὐ u and τόπος tópos , with the topographical suffix -εία eía, hence Οὐτοπεία outopeía (Latinized as Utopia), "no-place land." It also contains a pun, however, because "Utopia" could also be the Latinization of Εὐτοπεία eutopeía, "good-place land," which uses the Greek prefix ευ eu, "good," instead of οὐ. One interpretation holds that this suggests that while Utopia might be some sort of perfected society, it is ultimately unreachable. Despite modern connotations of the word it is widely accepted that the society More describes in this work was not actually his own perfect society Rather he wished to use the contrast between the imaginary unusual political ideas and the chaotic politics of his own day as a platform from which to discuss social issues in Europe.