Eutopia : new philosophy and new law for a troubled world / Philip Allott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allott, Philip, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.

More, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

There is a vacuum of philosophy to make sense of a world dominated by a disorderly global economy, by science and engineering, by ideologies, and by popular culture. There is a vacuum of law to bring order to relations between states that are more threatening than they have ever been. Thomas More's Utopia (1516) re-thought everything in another difficult new world. Philip Allott's Eutopia (2016) reclaims the best of human thought to empower us in making a better human world.

Contents:

Part I the human condition

1. Changing reality by changing ideas.

2. The human condition now.

3. Paradoxes of being human I

4. Paradoxes of being human II

Part II human power

5. The power of memory

6. The power of imagination

7. The power of knowledge

8. The power of emotion

Part III human will

9. New philosophy: human flourishing through self-understanding

10. New law: human flourishing through self-ordering

11. New society: living the good life together

12. From Istopia to Eutopia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78536-066-3