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Utopia
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The name of this fictitious place, Utopia, coined by More, passed into general usage and has been applied to all such ideal fictions, fantasies, and blueprints for the future, including works by Rabelais, Francis Bacon, Samuel Butler, and several by H. G. Wells, including his A Modern Utopia.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-06-2022
Very interesting
Offers up some criticisms of 16th Century Britain that are still relevant today in our Capitalist society - wealth inequality, private ownership, capital punishment, the role of government etc. - while offering up a Utopia that is both peaceful, yet borderline Orwellian. It’s interesting viewing the assumed truths in the world in regards to the role of women and the assumption of slavery and how they have shifted over time. Still, a really important text that offers up the question of what would we would call a Utopia today…
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- Stacey
- 07-12-2021
Well read; More kidding himself
While More might have been joking, if taken at face value, this piece is unrealistic in the extreme, because one could not expect that large numbers of people would remain so virtuous for so long. So, it's like saying that society would be perfect if it were filled with perfect people, but that's obviously never going to happen. So what's the point in daydreaming? More does nuance his argument here and there, but the overall impression is the same.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-12-2023
Interesting
I found this 16th century perspective on a perfect and impossible world very interesting. The story was not as I expected but it must have provoked thought. Would I want to live there? Probably not. It would be like living in Abnegation in Divergent!
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