Utopia and the Ideal Society - A Study of English Utopian Writing 1516-1700 (Paperback, New Ed)

While great interest has been shown recently in the nature of utopian thought and its significance in western development, much of the discussion has been marked by imprecision and generality. This book opens with an attempt to give clarity, substance and precision to the definition of utopia by isolating its characteristics in contrast with those of other forms of ideal society. The value of these distinctions is shown in a detailed re-examination of the sixteenth-century European writers who developed the re-emergent form of utopia. As a whole, the book brings the discussion of utopian thought closer to the mainstream concerns of the history of political ideas, and provides a major study for all those working in the fields of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century political and social thought.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1983
First published:	1981
Authors:	J.C. Davis
Dimensions:	229 x 150 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	440
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-27551-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Promotions
LSN:	0-521-27551-2
Barcode:	9780521275514

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