Utopia

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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 fulfilment 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.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9780241382684
Published: February 2020

Number of pages: 256
Width: 110 mm
Height: 170 mm
Depth: 24 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd