Utopia

'even If You Can't Eradicate Harmful Ideas Or Remedy Established Evils, That's No Reason To Turn Your Back On The Body Politic' 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. Dominic Baker-smith's Introduction Examines The Conflicting Voices And Perspectives Of More's Masterpiece And Relates Them To The European Context Of His Time. This New Edition Also Includes A Chronology, Notes, Appendices, Glossary And Suggested Further Reading. Translated And Introduced By Dominic Baker-smith