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Most literature on More?s Utopia treat it as a serious critique of society. In this paper, I will argue that Utopia is a veiled parody of humanist and ecclesiastical propositions that were inconsistent with More?s humanist conception of reason. |
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Name: The Midwest Political Science Association
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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| Hoaby, Scott. "Utopia as Parody of Humanist and Ecclesiastical Thought." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, Apr 07, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p85638_index.html> |
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| Hoaby, S. E. , 2005-04-07 "Utopia as Parody of Humanist and Ecclesiastical Thought." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Midwest Political Science Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p85638_index.html |
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Abstract: Most literature on More?s Utopia treat it as a serious critique of society. In this paper, I will argue that Utopia is a veiled parody of humanist and ecclesiastical propositions that were inconsistent with More?s humanist conception of reason. |
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| Utopia: Unintended Consequences SE Hoaby Unintended Consequences: Flaws in Utopian Society Prepared for the MPSA Conference April 2005 Scott Hoaby Abstract This paper takes a different view than much existing literature on what More may have been doing by writing Utopia. Rather than Utopia being a model society for officials to emulate in Christian European commonwealths this paper takes the position that More was criticizing political or social theories that were being theorized to change Europe. Taking into account |
| Cambridge University Press. ------. 1988. "Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas" from Meaning and Context edited by Tully. Princeton . Surtz Edward L. ------. 1957a. The Praise of Pleasure: Philosophy Educatoin and Communism in More's Utopia. Cambridge Massachussetts: Harvard University Press. ------. 1957b. The Praise of Wisdom: A Commentary on the Religious and Moral Problems and Backgrounds of St. Thomas More's Utopia. Chicago: Loyola University Press. Turner Paul. 2003. "Introduction" to Utopia. London: Penguin Classics. pp. xi-xxiv |
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