Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700: Essays on Radicalism, Utopianism and Reality (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319622316)

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.


Author: James Colin Davis
ISBN-10: 3319622315
ISBN-13: 9783319622316
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2017
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d