Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700 : Essays on Radicalism, Utopianism and Reality Paperback / softback
by James Colin Davis
Part of the Palgrave Studies in Utopianism series
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This book address the relationship between utopian and radical thought, particularly in the early modern period, and puts forward alternatives approaches to imagined ‘realities’.
Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700 explores the nature and meaning of radicalism in a traditional society; the necessity of fiction both in rejecting and constructing the status quo; and the circumstances in which radical and utopian fictions appear to become imperative.
In particular, it closely examines non-violence in Gerrard Winstanley’s thought; millennialism and utopianism as mutual critiques; form and substance in early modern utopianism/radicalism; Thomas More’s utopian theatre of interests; and James Harrington and the political necessity of narrative fiction.
This detailed analysis underpins observations about the longer term historical significance and meaning of both radicalism and utopianism.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:246 pages, VIII, 246 p.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:18/05/2018
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- ISBN:9783319872650
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:246 pages, VIII, 246 p.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:18/05/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9783319872650
