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Utopia (Dover Thrift Editions)
Utopia (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Thomas More
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Sixteenth-century classic by brilliant humanist, churchman and scholar envisioned a patriarchal island kingdom that practiced religious tolerance, in which everybody worked, all goods were community-owned, and violence, bloodshed, and vice were... (read more)

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Utopia - With Updated Material ((Rev)03 Edition)
Utopia - With Updated Material ((Rev)03 Edition)
by Thomas More
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First published in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism. Through the voice of the mysterious traveler Raphael Hythloday, More describes a pagan, communist city-state governed by reason. Addressing such issues... (read more)

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Utopia (Selected Works of St. Thomas More Series)
Utopia (Selected Works of St. Thomas More Series)
by Thomas More
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Based on Volume 4 of the Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More, this edition includes an Introduction and Notes by Father Surtz.  The accuracy of the translation ensures that the volume can be used by the historian, literary scholar,... (read more)

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Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age
Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age
by Russell Jacoby
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Many observers judge utopians and their sympathizers as foolhardy dreamers at best and murderous totalitarians at worst. However, as noted social critic and historian Russell Jacoby argues, not only has utopianism been unfairly characterized, a return to... (read more)

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Utopia (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&n Classics Trade Paper)
Utopia (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&n Classics Trade Paper)
by Thomas More
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Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted... (read more)

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Utopia
Utopia
by Thomas More
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The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable... (read more)

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Seeds of the Kingdom: Utopian Communities in the Americas
Seeds of the Kingdom: Utopian Communities in the Americas
by Anna Lisa Peterson
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In these skeptical and disillusioned times, there are still groups of people scattered throughout the world who are trying to live out utopian dreams. These communities challenge the inevitability and morality of dominant political and economic models... (read more)

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Utopia
Utopia
by Thomas More
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First published in 1516, Thomas More's \[I\]Utopia\[/I\] is one of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literary tradition and one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. More's complexly ironic account of an imaginary... (read more)

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Utopia
Utopia
by Thomas More
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Revised introduction; new chronology and further reading Translated with an Introduction by Paul Turner.... (read more)

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Heavens on Earth:  Utopian Communities in America 1680-1880
Heavens on Earth: Utopian Communities in America 1680-1880
by Mark Holloway
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Fascinating accounts of the history of the most important and typical American utopian communities include surveys of Shaker, New Harmony, and Brook Farm; Fourieristic phalanxes; and Oneida settlements. Details of human interest and daily life, often... (read more)

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In Utopia: Six Kinds of Eden and the Search for a Better Paradise
In Utopia: Six Kinds of Eden and the Search for a Better Paradise
by J Hallman
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In 2005, J.C. Hallman came across a scientific paper about “Pleistocene Rewilding,” a peculiar idea from conservation biology that suggested repopulating bereft ecosystems with endangered “megafauna.” The plan sounded utterly... (read more)

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Utopia (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&n Classics Hardcover)
Utopia (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&n Classics Hardcover)
by Thomas More
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Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here... (read more)

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Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature
Encyclopedia of Utopian Literature
by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
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"This title will be well-used in high school and college libraries. Highly recommended." - The Book Report... (read more)

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Visions of Utopia
Visions of Utopia
by Edward Rothstein
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From the sex-free paradise of the Shakers to the worker's paradise of Marx, utopian ideas seem to have two things in common--they all are wonderfully plausible at the start and they all end up as disasters. In Visions of Utopia, three leading cultural... (read more)

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Utopia: A Revised Translation, Backgrounds, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)
Utopia: A Revised Translation, Backgrounds, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)
by Thomas More
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"Backgrounds" is designed to assist student readers in an appreciation of Utopia by shedding light on the different points of view contemporary with More's work. Included are new selections from Saint Benedict and Tasso, as well as a medieval satire on... (read more)

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The World I Dream of
The World I Dream of
by Curt Butz
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Dreaming humanity's future. There is nothing like the dream to create the future. Victor Hugo. Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you... (read more)

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More Utopia Revised Edition
More Utopia Revised Edition
by Thomas More
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This revision incorporates the many refinements to the translation of Utopia undertaken in 1995. George Logan has also updated the editorial commentary and introduction to take into account the scholarship published since the first Cambridge Texts... (read more)

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Commitment and Community: Communes and Utopias in Sociological Perspective
Commitment and Community: Communes and Utopias in Sociological Perspective
by Rosabeth Mos Kanter
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What makes some communes work, while others fail? Why is it so difficult to put utopian ideals into practice? Rosabeth Kanter offers a unique analysis of the nature and process of enduring commitment, basing her theory of commitment mechanisms on... (read more)

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Women, Family, and Utopia: Communal Experiments of the Shakers, the Oneida Community, and the Mormons (Utopianism and Communitarianism)
Women, Family, and Utopia: Communal Experiments of the Shakers, the Oneida Community, and the Mormons (Utopianism and Communitarianism)
by Lawrence Foster
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After highlighting and elaborating on his earlier research regarding relations between men and women in the early Shaker, Oneida Perfectionist, and Mormon movements, Foster further explores the ways in which these unorthodox experiments in communal... (read more)

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Existential Utopia: New Perspectives on Utopian Thought
Existential Utopia: New Perspectives on Utopian Thought
by Michael Marder
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Radical political thought of the 20th century was dominated by utopia, but the failure of communism in Eastern Europe and its disavowal in China has brought on the need for a new model of utopian thought. This book thus seeks to redefine the concept of... (read more)

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