More, Sir Thomas
More, S: Utopia
- ISBN 13:
- 9781605206516
- author:
- More, Sir Thomas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cosimo Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 94
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 x 0.6 centimetres (0.0
- Genre:
- History, General, Nonfiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Utopia by Thomas More is a foundational work of Western thought and literature that explores the possibilities of the "perfect" society. Written in 1516, this political satire was intended to mock the English king Henry VIII, but it has given birth to an entire genre of imaginative fiction. The book's author, Sir Thomas More, was a humanist scholar and religious martyr who refused to acknowledge the monarch as the head of the Church of England. His ideas on socialism and equalitarianism have been debated among scholars of the Renaissance, with some questioning whether he truly believed in them. Despite this controversy, Utopia remains a significant work that is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the development of Western thought and literature.
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