Utopia (Paperback, New edition)

With an Introduction by Mishtooni Bose. More's Utopia is a complex, innovative and penetrating contribution to political thought, culminating in the famous 'description' of the Utopians, who live according to the principles of natural law, but are receptive to Christian teachings, who hold all possessions in common, and view gold as worthless. Drawing on the ideas of Plato, St Augustine and Aristotle, Utopia was to prove seminal in its turn, giving rise to the genres of utopian and dystopian prose fiction whose practitioners include Sir Francis Bacon, H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell. At once a critique of the social consequences of greed and a meditation on the personal cost of entering public service, Utopia dramatises the difficulty of balancing the competing claims of idealism and pragmatism, and continues to invite its readers to become participants in a compelling debate concerning the best state of a commonwealth.

General

Imprint:	Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	March 1997
Authors:	Thomas More
Introduction by:	Mishtooni Bose
Series editors:	Tom Griffith
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	134
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-85326-474-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Promotions
LSN:	1-85326-474-1
Barcode:	9781853264740

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