Anglický jazyk

Utopia

Vydavateľstvo: Penguin Books Ltd
Rok vydania: 2012
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 205 x 131 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9780141442327

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O knihe

\'Even if you can\'t eradicate harmful ideas or remedy established evils, there\'s no reason to turn your back on the body politic\'. 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 fulfillment is open to all. As the traveller, Raphael, describes the island to More, a bitter contrast is drawn between this rational society and the custom-driven practices of Europe.

So how can the philosopher try to reform his society? In his fictional 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. Dominic Baker-Smith\'s introduction examines the conflicting voices and perspectives of More\'s masterpiece and relates them to the European context of his time.

This new edition also includes a chronology, notes, appendices, glossary and suggested further reading. It is translated and introduced by Dominic Baker-Smith.