false <![CDATA[Utopia (Norton Critical Editions)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170883583m/75855.jpg 976583 113 In "Utopia", More paints a vision of the customs and practices of a distant island, but Utopia means 'no place' and his narrator's name, Hythlodaeus, translates as 'dispenser of nonsense'. This fantastical tale masks what is a serious and subversive analysis of the failings of More's society. Advocating instead a world in which there is religious tolerance, provision for the aged, and state ownership of land, "Utopia" has been variously claimed as a Catholic tract or an argument for communism and it still invites each generation to make its own interpretation. Revised introduction; new chronology and further reading <br><br> Translated with an Introduction by Paul Turner. 2798280 book 1516 Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia total:3856|5:550|4:1195|3:1510|2:490|1:111| 3856 13151 6252 280 3 4 false false Wed Sep 19 00:56:57 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 00:56:57 -0700 2007
Raphael speaks of many countries and their policies and laws, and freely criticizes the laws of their own countries.He then begins ...more...]]> 1 5 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Oct 06 11:19:23 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 11:25:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false true Mon Dec 08 13:51:32 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 04:15:23 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 13:51:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 15:55:39 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 19:00:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 02:13:48 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 16:04:27 -0800 2009
Of co...more...]]> 1 3 false false Thu Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 12:37:25 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 12:51:31 -0700 2008 This is one of the worst books I have ever read. Poorly written, annoyingly condescending, ridiculously simplistic and more than anything, stupid.
No wonder why the commies (Lenin and others) commemorated More in the early days of communist Russia. his ideals are to "get rid of the ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 13:59:40 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 14:42:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 03:46:04 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 05:49:18 -0800 2008 2
It's safe to say that I enjoy the idea of this book more than the book itself. I love the importance of this book, but have a semi-difficult time plodding through it (especially on a re-...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Dec 19 21:42:45 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 21:43:44 -0800 2008 5 2 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 18:06:57 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 22:10:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 13:10:54 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 18:12:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 20:52:02 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 23:21:41 -0800 2009 Utopia is a particularly thorny text in this regard, because it's unclear how much of it was meant as a scholarly jest, and how much as a serious proposal for org...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 18:36:34 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 18:41:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 5 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 08:52:34 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:42:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 30 12:21:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:42:29 -0700 2009
There's a lot that I thought was really strange about Utopia (Latin for "no place"), but here's what I remember most: w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1983 Wed Apr 15 09:27:18 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 09:36:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 08:43:50 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 19:35:14 -0700 2009
In all honesty,I don't know how to feel about this book. While keeping it in a historical context, I have found a plethora of both progressive and regressive ideas.
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