{"product_id":"utopia-for-our-century-david-albertson-9780300278088","title":"Utopia for Our Century: A Manifesto of Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by the humanist and Catholic martyr Thomas More, David Albertson and Jason Blakely imagine a new politics of hope\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Thomas More's \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e, a traveler from the New World delivers a shocking message: on a lost island beyond the horizon, people live far better lives than in Europe. A leading intellectual of his day, More was murdered by Henry VIII in 1535 for refusing to sign a loyalty oath, but his utopian vision inspired some of the most consequential movements in the modern world. In their provocative manifesto, David Albertson and Jason Blakely retrieve More's insights and apply them to our moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Amid the decline of liberalism and the rise of authoritarianism, Albertson and Blakely resist the dystopian fears taking root in the twenty-first century. Utopian politics, they argue, can help us break free of today's entrenched polarities and recast what is possible. They return to the \"virtuoso dreamers,\" ranging from Plato and Saint Augustine to Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King, Jr., who faced dire circumstances yet were buoyed by indestructible hopes. Channeling More's spirit of experimentation, creativity, and levity, their utopianism is invested in making new worlds--the most serious kind of play. Social reality, they remind us, has an irreducible imaginative component. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inviting us to dream more boldly, this book offers a radical alternative to the ecological, political, and spiritual crises that plague our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Albertson,Jason Blakely\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030027808X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300278088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"David Albertson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965476290815,"sku":"9780300278088","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_781e3f1a-a359-453b-8f2d-546290bcb745.jpg?v=1767280823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/utopia-for-our-century-david-albertson-9780300278088","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}