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

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Yoran, Hanan, 1963-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 251 p.)Content type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780739136492
0739136496
1282561162
9781282561168
9786612561160
6612561165

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Between utopia and dystopiaDDC classification:

199/.492 22

LOC classification:

B785.E64

Other classification:

08.25

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Contents:

Humanism as form -- The construction of the Erasmian Republic of Letters -- Erasmian humanism : the reform program of the universal intellectual -- The politics of a disembodied humanist -- More's Richard III : the fragility of humanist discourse -- Utopia and the no-place of the Erasmian republic.

Summary: The figure of the intellectual looms large in modern history, and yet his or her social place has always been full of ambiguity and ironies. Between Utopia and Dystopia is a study of the movement that created the identity of the universal intellectual: Erasmian humanism. Focusing on the writings of Erasmus and Thomas More, Hanan Yoran argues that, in contrast to other groups of humanists, Erasmus and the circle gathered around him generated the social space--the Erasmian Republic of Letters--that allowed them a considerable measure of independence. The identity of the autonomous intellectual e.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.

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The figure of the intellectual looms large in modern history, and yet his or her social place has always been full of ambiguity and ironies. Between Utopia and Dystopia is a study of the movement that created the identity of the universal intellectual: Erasmian humanism. Focusing on the writings of Erasmus and Thomas More, Hanan Yoran argues that, in contrast to other groups of humanists, Erasmus and the circle gathered around him generated the social space--the Erasmian Republic of Letters--that allowed them a considerable measure of independence. The identity of the autonomous intellectual e.

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