Utopia

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CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Series editors Raymond Geuss Lecturer in Social and Politicai Sciences, University of Cambridge
Quentin Skinner Professor of Politicai Science in the University of Cambridge
Utopia
First published (in Latin) in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literarv tradition and one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. More coined the word 'utopia' (from the Greek: 'no place'), and his complexly ironie account of an imaginary communist society has not only given rise to the genre of utopian fiction but has Been an inspiration to générations of politicai reformers. After nearly five centuries Utopia continues to provoke intense interest and lively debate among students and scholars. For publication in the Cambridge Texts series the editors have included ail the ancillary materials that were i^ncluded, at More's behest, in the early éditions (encompassing... Tovább

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CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT
Series editors Raymond Geuss Lecturer in Social and Politicai Sciences, University of Cambridge
Quentin Skinner Professor of Politicai Science in the University of Cambridge
Utopia
First published (in Latin) in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literarv tradition and one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. More coined the word 'utopia' (from the Greek: 'no place'), and his complexly ironie account of an imaginary communist society has not only given rise to the genre of utopian fiction but has Been an inspiration to générations of politicai reformers. After nearly five centuries Utopia continues to provoke intense interest and lively debate among students and scholars. For publication in the Cambridge Texts series the editors have included ail the ancillary materials that were i^ncluded, at More's behest, in the early éditions (encompassing letters and poems on Utopia by More and several of his humanist associâtes). The text of Utopia itself is a new version of the highly regarded translation by Robert M. Adams, and the introductory materials and annotations incorporate much important recent scholarship. This édition also includes a brief bibliography and chronology, intended to assist the student encouföieririg this celebrated text for the first time. Vissza