UTOPIA (ALMA CLASSICS EVERGREENS) PB – SAINT THOMAS MORE

In Thomas More s hugely influential Utopia, a traveller recounts his discovery of an island nation in which the inhabitants enjoy unprecedented social cohesion and justice. The book imagines a community in which laws, personal relations and professional ambition are based on reason, in contrast with the tradition-bound superstitions of Europe, which were, in More s eyes, impediments to equality and peaceful coexistence.One of the indicators of the profound cultural and political influence of More s masterpiece is today s common use of the word Utopia – a term he invented. This extraordinary treatise on the values of rationality and reason – here presented in a sparkling new translation by Roger Clarke and accompanied by copious notes and additional texts – questions what a philosopher can do to enact change in society, and how idealized visions can inform political practice.