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Utopia

Utopia

More, Thomas
Miéville, China
Le Guin, Ursula K.

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 1784787604
ISBN13: 9781784787608
Publisher: Verso
Published: Nov 8 2016
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Five-hundred-year anniversary edition of More's Utopia, with writing from major science fiction writers

Five hundred years since its first publication, Thomas More's Utopia remains astonishingly radical and provocative. More imagines an island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and property is communal. In a text hovering between fantasy, satire, blueprint and game, More explores the theories and realities behind war, political conflicts, social tensions and redistribution, and imagines the day-to-day lives of a citizenry living free from fear, oppression, violence and suffering.

But there has always been a shadow at the heart of Utopia. If this is a depiction of the perfect state, why, as well as wonder, does it provoke a growing unease?

In this quincentenary edition, published in conjunction with Somerset House, More's text is introduced by multi-award-winning author China Miéville and accompanied by four essays from Ursula K. Le Guin, today's most distinguished utopian writer and thinker..

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