Between utopia and dystopia : Erasmus, Thomas More, and the humanist Republic of Letters / Hanan Yoran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoran, Hanan, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanism--History.

Humanism.

Autonomy (Philosophy)--Europe--History--16th century.

Autonomy (Philosophy).

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.

Erasmus, Desiderius.

More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535.

More, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Other Title:

Erasmus, Thomas More, and the humanist Republic of Letters

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between Utopia and Dystopia offers a new interpretation of Erasmian humanism. It argues that Erasmian humanism created the identity of the universal and critical intellectual, but that this identity undermined the fundamental premises of humanist discourse. It closely reads several works of Erasmus and Thomas More, employing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of intellectual history, and adopting theoretical insights and methodological procedures from various disciplines.

Contents:

BETWEEN UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: THE ERASMIAN REPUBLIC OF LETTERS; Chapter 01: Humanism as Form; Chapter 02: The Construction of the Erasmian Republic of Letters; Chapter 03: Erasmian Humanism: The Reform Program of the Universal Intellectual; Part II: THE ERASMIAN REPUBLIC AND ITS DISCONTENTS; Chapter 04: The Politics of a Disembodied Humanist; Chapter 05: More's Richard III: The Fragility of Humanist Discourse; Chapter 06: Utopia and the No-Place of the Erasmian Republic; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-22086-2

1-282-56116-2

9786612561160

0-7391-3649-6

OCLC:

647927831