{"product_id":"9781603124324","title":"Utopia by Thomas More, Political Science, Political Ideologies, Communism \u0026 Socialism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe name of this book has given an adjective to our language -- we call an impracticable scheme Utopian.\u003c\/strong\u003e Yet, under the veil of a playful fiction, the talk is intensely earnest and abounds in practical suggestion. It is the work of a scholarly and witty Englishman, who attacks in his own way the chief political and social evils of his time. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesignedly fantastic in suggestion of details, Utopia is the work of a scholar who had read Plato's Republic and had his fancy quickened after reading Plutarch's account of Spartan life under Lycurgus. Beneath the veil of an ideal communism, into which there has been worked some witty extravagance, there lies a noble English argument. -- from Henry Morley's Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel was first published in 1516 in Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aegypan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46315423695089,"sku":"9781603124324","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781603124324_p0.jpg?v=1765992452","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603124324","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}