Description
‘It remains astonishingly radical … one of Utopia‘s most striking aspects is its contemporaniety’ Terry Eagleton
In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller’s account of a newly-discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to all. As the traveller describes the island, a bitter contrast is drawn between this rational society and the practices of Europe. How can the philosopher reform his society? In his discussion, More takes up a question first raised by Plato and which is still a challenge in the contemporary world. In the history of political thought few works have been more influential than Utopia, and few more misunderstood.
Translated and introduced by Dominic Baker-Smith
- Authors:
- More, Thomas
- Year Published:
- 2012
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780141442327
- Number of Pages:
- 192
- Publication Date:
- 30/08/2012
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Language:
- English
- Publication Date:
- 30/08/2012
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Editors:
- Baker-Smith, Dominic
- SKU:
- 9780141442327
