Utopia
€13.25
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780141442327 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas More |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.146 |
| Publishing Date | 30/08/2012 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €12.50 |
| Tax | €0.75 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.25 |
| Availability | 12 units in external warehouse |
Product 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