Thomas More’s Utopia stands out as one of the most striking political works ever written.
Composed specifically as a response to Henry VIII’s break with Rome, the book meditates on the perfect society, while indirectly critiquing the political and social ills of Tudor England.
Containing thoughts on religious pluralism, a welfare state, and women’s rights, More’s book was well ahead of its time, already hinting at later theories on communism and capitalism centuries
before Karl Marx, Friedrich Engles, and Adam Smith.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Mark Meadows brings his British diction and engaging storytelling style to the narration of Thomas More’s political treatise. UTOPIA appeared just after Henry VIII left the Church of Rome. Published in Latin in 1516, More’s classic speculative fiction is set on a mythical island. Here residents cast off the trappings of English and European society, and dispatch the class system to adapt to an egalitarian and simpler mode of living. Meadows’ tone enlivens More’s text and gives the Utopian political, economic, and religious systems their due. This brief audiobook rewards the listener with insights into one of the most influential texts on later generations of political writers and thinkers—from Karl Marx to Adam Smith.” —AudioFile
Sir Thomas More (1478–1535), was placed at number thirty-seven in the BBC’s poll of the “100 Greatest Britons.” An English statesman, lawyer, humanist, saint, poet, and author, he
was one of the most versatile and talented men of his age. He held important government positions, including serving as Lord Chancellor. Though he had been a long-time friend of King Henry VIII, he
was a staunch Catholic and could not accept the king’s demand that all subjects acknowledge the king above the pope, resulting in his execution in 1535. With his writing of Utopia, he
takes his place with the most eminent humanists of the Renaissance.
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Format:
Retail CD
Format:
MP3 CD
Available Formats :
Retail CD, MP3 CD
Category:
Fiction/Classics
Publisher:
Naxos
Publisher:
Naxos
CDs:
4
CDs:
1
Runtime:
4.43
ISBN:
9781094017037
ISBN:
9781094017044
Audience:
Adult
Language:
English
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