03150nam 2200673Ia 450 991079149170332120220601002254.01-282-56116-297866125611600-7391-3649-6(CKB)2560000000016386(EBL)616204(OCoLC)647927831(SSID)ssj0000412744(PQKBManifestationID)12191347(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412744(PQKBWorkID)10369082(PQKB)10166150(SSID)ssj0000789770(PQKBManifestationID)12328730(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000789770(PQKBWorkID)10726304(PQKB)10503971(MiAaPQ)EBC616204(Au-PeEL)EBL616204(CaPaEBR)ebr10386429(CaONFJC)MIL256116(iGPub)ROWMANB0001991(EXLCZ)99256000000001638620091118d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBetween utopia and dystopia[electronic resource] Erasmus, Thomas More, and the humanist Republic of Letters /Hanan YoranLanham Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield20101 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-3648-8 0-7391-3647-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexBetween 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.Erasmus, Thomas More, and the humanist Republic of LettersHumanismHistoryAutonomy (Philosophy)EuropeHistory16th centuryHumanismHistory.Autonomy (Philosophy)History199/.49208.25bclYoran Hanan1963-1567517MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791491703321Between utopia and dystopia3838969UNINA