Other editions of book Utopia

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

This edition includes 10 illustrations. The author of a book in the early 16th century describing a fictional, idealized island society, Sir Thomas More was destined to occupy a significant place in the literary canon with his work Utopia, yet it is also his association with the infamous English king Henry VIII and his untimely political death at the monarch’s behest that has ensured More’s posthumous fame. A martyr for his belief in the supremacy of the Pope and the Catholic church, More was canonized in 1935 as Saint Thomas More, while Utopia’s controversial contents – like an early form of socialism – continue to spark discussion.

First published in Latin in 1516, Utopia was the work of Sir Thomas More (1477–1535), the brilliant humanist, scholar, and churchman executed by Henry VIII for his refusal to accept the king as the supreme head of the Church of England. In this work, which gave its name to the whole genre of books and movements hypothesizing an ideal society, More envisioned a patriarchal island kingdom that practiced religious tolerance, in which everybody worked, no one has more than his fellows, all goods were community-owned, and violence, bloodshed, and vice nonexistent. Based to some extent on the writings of Plato and other earlier authors, Utopia nevertheless contained much that was original with More.In the nearly 500 years since the book's publication, there have been many attempts at establishing "Utopias" both in theory and in practice. All of them, however, seem to embody ideas already present in More's classic treatise: optimistic faith in human nature, emphasis on the environment and proper education, nostalgia for a lost innocence, and other positive elements.In this new, inexpensive edition, readers can study for themselves the essentials of More's utopian vision and how, although the ideal society he envisioned is still unrealized, at least some of his proposals have come to pass in today's world.

First published in 1516, during a period of astonishing political and technological change, Sir Thomas More's Utopia depicts an imaginary society free of private property, sexual discrimination, violence, and religious intolerance. Raphael Hythloday, a philospher and world traveler, describes to the author and his friend an island nation he has visited called Utopia (combining the Greek ou-topos and eu-topos, for "no place" and "good place," respectively). Hythloday believes the rational social order of the Utopians is far superior to anything in Europe, while his listeners find many of their customs appealing but absurd. Given the enigmatic ambivalence of the character that More named after himself and the playful Greek puns he sprinkled throughout (including Hythloday's name, which means "knowing nonsense"), it is difficult to know what precisely More meant his readers to make of all the innovations of his Utopia. But its radical humanism has had an incalculable effect on modern history, and the callenge of its vision is as insistent today as it was in the Renaissance. With an introduction by Jenny Mezciems.(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)