| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 246 pages). |
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monochrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in utopianism
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Palgrave studies in utopianism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Radicalism in a traditional society : the evaluation of radical thought in the English Commonwealth 1649-1660 -- Reassessing radicalism in a traditional society : two questions -- Conquering the conquest : the limits of non-violence in Gerrard Winstanley's thought -- Formal utopia/informal millennium : the struggle between form and substance as a context for seventeenth-century utopianism -- Against formality : one aspect of the English Revolution -- Religion and the struggle for freedom in the English Revolution -- Thomas More's Utopia : sources, legacy and interpretation -- Goodbye to Utopia : Thomas More's utopian conclusion -- James Harrington's utopian radicalism : Oceana and the narration of an alternative world. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Utopias -- Great Britain.
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Utopias. |
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Great Britain. |
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Utopias -- History -- 16th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
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Utopias -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Political science -- Great Britain -- 16th century.
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Political science. |
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Political science -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
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Radicalism.
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Reality.
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Reality. |
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Utopias.
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radicalism. |
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Radicalism. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Radicalism. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Davis, J.C. (J. Colin). Alternative worlds imagined, 1500-1700. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017] 9783319622316 (DLC) 2017944712 (OCoLC)989966325 |
| ISBN |
9783319622323 |
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3319622323 |
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9783319622316 |
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3319622315 |
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