Utopia: A Socio-Political Satire by Thomas More
- ISBN-10
- 0368556395
- ISBN-13
- 9780368556395
- Series
- Utopia
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 120
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-04-06
- Publisher
- Blurb
- Author
- Saint Thomas More
Description
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?
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