Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700
Autor: | Davis, James Colin |
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EAN: | 9783319872650 |
Sachgruppe: | Geschichte |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 256 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 18.05.2018 |
Untertitel: | Essays on Radicalism, Utopianism and Reality |
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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.