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Utopia (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781613829646)
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xFive-hundred-year anniversary edition of More s Utopia, with writing from major science fiction writers
Five hundred years since its first publication, Thomas More s Utopia remains astonishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and property is communal. In a text hovering between fantasy, satire, blueprint and game, More explores the theories and realities behind war, political conflicts, social tensions and redistribution, and imagines the day-to-day lives of a citizenry living free from fear, oppression, violence and suffering.
But there has always been a shadow at the heart of Utopia. If this is a depiction of the perfect state, why, as well as wonder, does it provoke a growing unease?
In this quincentenary edition, published in conjunction with Somerset House, More s text is introduced by multi-award-winning author China Mieville and accompanied by four essays from Ursula K. Le Guin, today s most distinguished utopian writer and thinker.."
Author: Thomas More
ISBN-10: 1613829647
ISBN-13: 9781613829646
Publisher: Simon & Brown
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2010
Pages: 100
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
Five hundred years since its first publication, Thomas More s Utopia remains astonishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and property is communal. In a text hovering between fantasy, satire, blueprint and game, More explores the theories and realities behind war, political conflicts, social tensions and redistribution, and imagines the day-to-day lives of a citizenry living free from fear, oppression, violence and suffering.
But there has always been a shadow at the heart of Utopia. If this is a depiction of the perfect state, why, as well as wonder, does it provoke a growing unease?
In this quincentenary edition, published in conjunction with Somerset House, More s text is introduced by multi-award-winning author China Mieville and accompanied by four essays from Ursula K. Le Guin, today s most distinguished utopian writer and thinker.."
Author: Thomas More
ISBN-10: 1613829647
ISBN-13: 9781613829646
Publisher: Simon & Brown
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2010
Pages: 100
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
By Thomas More
xSir Thomas More (1478 1535) was a counsellor to Henry VIII of England and a revered Renaissance humanist scholar. He was executed for refusing to acknowledge the king as head of the Church of England and was eventually canonized by the Catholic Church as a result.
Ursula K. Le Guin is the author of twenty-two novels, four collections of essays, seven books of poetry, twelve children s books and over a hundred short stories.
China Mieville is the award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including the The City and The City and This Census-Taker."
Ursula K. Le Guin is the author of twenty-two novels, four collections of essays, seven books of poetry, twelve children s books and over a hundred short stories.
China Mieville is the award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including the The City and The City and This Census-Taker."
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