Utopian moments : reading Utopian texts / / edited by Miguel A. Ramiro Aviles and J.C. Davis.

• Superior document: Textual moments in the history of political thought
• TeilnehmendeR: Ramiro Aviles, Miguel Angel.; Davis, J. C., M.A.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Textual moments in the history of political thought.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 174 p.)

'Utopian Moments' is a collection of short essays designed to guide readers to informed engagement with the key works of the modern western Utopian tradition. It offers a fresh and original perspective on Utopian writings and their interpretation. Within literature, history, politics, philosophy and theology, the interpretation of utopian ideals has evolved constantly. Juxtaposing historical views on utopian diagnoses, prescriptions and on the character and value of utopian thought with more modern interpretations, this volume explores how our ideal utopia has transformed over time. Challenging long-held interpretations, the contributors turn a fresh eye to canonical texts, and open them up to a twenty-first century audience. From Moore's Utopia to Le Guin's The Dispossessed , Utopian Moments puts forward a lively and accessible debate on the nature and significance of utopian thought and tradition. Each essay focuses on a key passage from the selected work using it to encourage both the specialist and the reader new to the field to read afresh. Written by an international team of leading scholars, the essays range from the sixteenth century to the present day and are designed to be both stimulating and accessible.

Table of Contents

1. J.C. Davis and Miguel A. Ramiro Aviles, Introduction 2. George M. Logan, Thomas More's "Utopia" (tbc) 3. Susan Bruce, Colonialists, Refugees and the Nature of Sufficiency 4. J.C. Davis, Reading "Utopia" 5. Bronwen Price, 'A dark light': Spectacle and Secrecy in Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" 6. Maurizio Cambi, Tommaso Campanella, the "City of Sun" and the guardian stars. 7. Edward Thompson, Johann Valentin's "Christianopolis" (tbc) 8. Nadia Minerva, So Close, So Far: the Puzzle of "Antangil" 9. Miguel Angel Ramiro Aviles, " Sinapia", a Political Journey to the Antipodes of Spain 10. John Christian Laursen and Cyrus Masroori, The Persian Moment in Denis Veiras's "History of the Sevarambians" 11.John Gurney, Gerrard Winstanley's "The Law of Freedom": Context and Continuity 12. J.C. Davis, de te Fabula narratur: "Oceana" and James Harrington's Narrative Constitutionalism 13. Gaby Mahlberg, An island with potential: Henry Neville's "The Isle of Pines" 14. K. Steven Vincent, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794) (tbc) 15. Claudio de Boni, Nature and Utopia in Morelly's "Code De La Nature" 16. David Leopold, The Utopian Organization of Work in Icaria 17. Gregory Claeys, A Tale of Two Cities: Robert Owen and the Search for Utopia, 1815-1817 18. Jonathan Beecher, Women's Rights and Women's Liberation and the 'Riddle' of Charles Fourier's "Theory of the Four Movements" 19. Neil McWilliam, How to Change the World: Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon 20. Matthew Beaumont, The Horror of Strangeness: Bellamy's Psychology of the Utopian Imagination in "Looking Backward" 21. Richard Nate, The incompatibility I could not resolve: Ambivalence in H.G. Wells's "A Modern Utopia" 22. Laurence Davis and Peter G. Stillman, Utopian Journeying: Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Dispossessed" 23. Lyman Tower Sargent, Conclusion