Utopia 1516-2016 : : More's Eccentric Essay and its Activist Aftermath / / ed. by Han Ruler, Giulia Sissa.
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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- 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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Summary: | 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 of Utopia itself, and appraisals of More's relationship with Erasmus, the book presents detailed studies of the effect of Utopia on early modern England and the Low Countries, as well as philosophical reflections on ideology and the utopian mind, and much more. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9789048532926 9783110667318 9783110606447 9783110662849 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789048532926?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Han Ruler, Giulia Sissa. |