Thomas More's Utopia: Arguing for Social Justice

The 500^th anniversary of the first publication of Thomas More's Utopia invites a reappraisal of its significance, not just as an ironic and playful fiction, but as a serious contribution to social and political thought. More delivers a searing critique of the injustices of his time and imagines a radical alternative based on common ownership and representative government. In this new interpretation, Wilde surveys the context from which Utopia emerged and analyses its key themes - politics, economics, social relations, crime and punishment, war and religion.

Author: Lawrence Wilde
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/18/2016
Pages: 134
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d
ISBN: 9781138187535

About the Author

Lawrence Wilde is Emeritus Professor of Political Theory at Nottingham Trent University, UK.