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Utopia: The Foundational Work of Utopian Political Philosophy
Paperback
General World HistoryBritish HistoryArchitecture History
ISBN13: 9781617202100
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Published: Jan 25 2011
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Utopia is Thomas More's enduring work of political philosophy describing an imagined island society organised around reason, communal responsibility, and social harmony.
Presented as a traveller's account related by the fictional Raphael Hythloday, the work examines the institutions, customs, and daily life of the island of Utopia. Through this narrative device, More explores questions of governance, justice, property, religion, and the structure of an ideal commonwealth. The book moves between satire and serious philosophical inquiry, contrasting the social conditions of sixteenth-century Europe with a radically different vision of civic organisation.
Over the centuries Utopia has remained one of the foundational texts of political thought, influencing debates about social reform, communal living, and the possibility of designing a just society. Its blend of humanist learning, irony, and philosophical speculation established the very term utopia, which has since entered the language as shorthand for imagined ideal societies. More's work continues to be studied not only as a historical document of Renaissance humanism but also as a provocative meditation on politics, morality, and the nature of the common good.
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