Chancelier du roi Henri VIII, Thomas More se désole des moeurs de son temps : corruption, abus, racket sont monnaie courante dans une société féodale sur le déclin. Il rêve d'un autre monde, d'une république exemplaire, où la propriété individuelle et l'argent seraient abolis et les citoyens gouvernés par la raison et la vertu...
Publié en 1516, ce texte brosse le tableau d'une société anglaise décadente pour mieux introduire le lecteur à un univers débarrassé des faux-semblants et de l'injustice. Rêve de philosophe ou de fou, l'île d'Utopie fascine par son projet égalitaire, dont la réalisation est aussi séduisante que les dérives dangereuses.
What we can learn from a Renaissance nowhere In 1516, a book was published in Latin with the enigmatic Greek-derived word as its title. Utopia-which could mean either "good-place" or "no-place"-gives a traveler's account of a newly discovered island somewhere in the New World where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based purely on natural reason and justice. As the traveler describes the harmony, prosperity, and equality found there, a dramatic contrast is drawn between the ideal community he portrays and the poverty, crime, and often frightening political conditions of 16th century Europe. Written by Sir Thomas More (1477-1535)-then a rising intellectual star of the Renaissance and ultimately the advisor and friend of Henry VIII who was executed for his devoutly Catholic opposition to the king-Utopia is as complex as its author. In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Utopia explores topics such as money, property, crime, education, religious tolerance, euthanasia, and feminism. Claimed as a paean to communism (Lenin had More's name inscribed on a statue in Moscow) as often as it has been seen as a defense of traditional medieval values, Utopia began the lineage of utopian thinkers who use storytelling to explore new possibilities for human society-and remains as relevant today as when it was written in Antwerp 500 years ago. Explore the issues like feminism, euthanasia, and equality through Renaissance eyes Early communist tract or a defense of medieval values? You decide. Peer inside the enigmatic mind of the man who dared stand up to Henry VIII Appreciate the postmodern possibilities of Platonic dialogue Part of the bestselling Capstone Classics series edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon, this edition features an introduction from writer, economist, and historian Niall Kishtainy.
Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and laws.
Contents:
Sun Tzu. The Art of War
Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching
Plato. The Republic
Aristotle. The Athenian Constitution
Marcus Aurelius. Meditations
Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince
Thomas More. Utopia
Tommaso Campanella. The City of the Sun
Francis Bacon. The New Atlantis
Thomas Paine. Common Sense
Richard Henry Lee. Lee Resolution
Thomas Jefferson. Declaration of Independence
James Madison.
- Virginia Plan
- Constitution of the United States
- Bill of Rights
- Northwest Ordinance
George Washington. President George Washington's First Inaugural Speech
Great Historical Documents of the United States:
- Federal Judiciary Act
- Marbury v. Madison
- Articles of Confederation
- Treaty of Alliance with France
- Treaty of Paris
John Stuart Mil. Utilitarianism
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto
Vladimir Lenin:
- The State and Revolution
- The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
- Vladimir Lenin To the Citizens of Russia!
- Vladimir Lenin To Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants!
- Report on Peace
- Report on Land
- Decree on Abolishment of Capital Punishment
- Decree on Transfer of Power to the Soviets
- Decree on Establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Government
- Decree on Elections for the Constituent Assembly
- Decree on Suppression of Hostile Newspapers
- Decree on Transfer of Food Control to Municipalities
- Decree on an Eight-Hour Working Day
- Decree on the Right to Issue Laws
- Resolution on the Right of Sovnarkom to Issue Decrees
- Decree on Social Insurance
- Declaration of the Rights of the People of Russia
- Decree on Organization of Volost Land Committees
- Decree on Transfer of Power and the Means of Production to the Toilers
- Decree Proclaiming Advertising a State Monopoly
- Decree Abolishing Classes and Civil Ranks
- Decree on Workers' Control
- Resolution on Relation of the Central Executive Committee to the Sovnarkom
- Decree on the Right to Call for Re-Elections
- Decree on Establishment of the Extraordinary Commission to Fight Counter-Revolution
- V. I. Lenin Note To F. E. Dzerzhinsky with a Draft of A Decree On Fighting Counter-Revolutionaries And Saboteurs
Rosa Luxemburg. Reform or Revolution
Peter Kropotkin. The Conquest of Bread
Emma Goldman. Anarchism: What It Really Stands For
Leon Trotsky. Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It
A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The term was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia, which dominates the fictional literature. Dystopian fiction (sometimes combined with, but distinct from, apocalyptic fiction) offers the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos.
This book contents:
The Republic by Plato
Utopia by Thomas More
The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella
The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
Looking Backward: 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
The Iron Heel by Jack London
We by Evgeny Zamyatin
A utopia is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The term was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America. The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia, which dominates the fictional literature. Dystopian fiction (sometimes combined with, but distinct from, apocalyptic fiction) offers the opposite: the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author's ethos.
This book contents:
The Republic by Plato
Utopia by Thomas More
The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella
The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon
Looking Backward: 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
The Iron Heel by Jack London
We by Evgeny Zamyatin
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Originally entitled A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: written in Latine, by ... Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englishe by Raphe Robynson ...The first book tells of the traveller Raphael Hythloday, to whom More is introduced in Antwerp. The second book consists of Hythloday's description of the island and people of Utopia, their customs, laws, religions, economy, language and relations with other nations. Hythloday portrays Utopia as an idealised state, where all property is common to all the people and money does not exist within its bounds, thus, he argues, removing all poverty, hunger and fear, and most criminal acts. More himself appears unconvinced by some of his narrator's arguments.
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Quand la haine se mue en fascination, que devient le monde ?
Fidèle bras armé de la Matrice, Jen protège sa société parfaite contre l'armée des rebelles change-forme. Parmi ces opposants, la meneuse Inaya se démarque par son attitude flamboyante, à tel point qu'elle hante l'esprit de Jen jusqu'à l'obsession. Mais la haine n'est qu'une façade... Si une occasion se présentait pour convertir Inaya en défenseuse du camp de la Matrice, Jen s'y risquerait-elle ?
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"Utopia" is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More, written in Latin and published in 1516. The book is divided into two parts: "Book one: Dialogue of Council," and "Book two: Discourse on Utopia." The first book tells of the traveller Raphael Hythlodaeus, to whom More is introduced in Antwerp, and it also explores the subject of how best to counsel a prince, a popular topic at the time. The second book has Hythloday tell his interlocutors about Utopia, where he has lived for five years, with the aim of convincing them about its superior state of affairs. Utopia is a society without private property, where goods are stored in warehouses and people request what they need. All able-bodied citizens must work, and there is no unemployment. Scholars in the society can become the ruling officials or priests, people picked during their primary education for their ability to learn. Slavery is a feature of Utopian life, and it is reported that every household has two slaves. The work seems to have been popular, if misunderstood, since the introduction of More's Epigrams of 1518 mentions a man who did not regard More as a good writer.
Ailleurs et au-delà est le premier volume d'une collection dans laquelle nous avons mis toute notre âme (comment pourrait-il en être autrement quand une entreprise implique, de près ou de loin, Nyarlathotep ?) : Les rêves de Cthulhu. Ce premier tome regroupe 4 nouvelles de 2 auteurs très prometteurs, Michel Lemieux et Sir Thomas No More, qui modernisent l'univers laissé en héritage par Howard Phillips Lovecraft, sans le trahir pour autant. Une anthologie incontournable pour tous les amateurs du Mythe.
La loi du 17 mai 2013 ouvrant le mariage aux personnes de même sexe avait pour objectif de répondre à une demande d'égalité de couples, c'est-à-dire à une revendication d'adultes. Ce faisant, ont été occultées, volontairement, les conséquences d'une telle réforme pour l'enfant.Sur le fondement de l'intérêt supérieur de l'enfant et de ses droits inaliénables, il est urgent de rétablir la cohérence de la filiation qui, quelles que soient les circonstances, doit avant tout s'ancrer dans la réalité et, en cas d'impossibilité, respecter la vraisemblance.Quels sont les besoins fondamentaux de l'enfant ? Quels sont ses droits face aux possibilités qu'offre actuellement la biomédecine ? Existe-t-il un « droit à l'enfant » que des adultes puissent aujourd'hui lui opposer?Pour y répondre, le regard croisé de pédopsychiatres et de juristes que propose ce livre est précieux.Le droit a trop oublié l'enfant. Et, ce faisant, il le met en danger.Ce livre veut servir de socle à l'écriture ambitieuse d'une nouvelle loi sur la filiation, qui se substituera à la loi du 17 mai 2013 et la dépassera. C'est ce à quoi nous invite la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme de 1948, qui rappelle que « la famille est l'élément naturel et fondamental de la société et a droit à la protection de lasociété et de l'État ».Sous la direction d'Élizabeth Montfort et Clotilde Brunetti-Pons Ont contribué à cet ouvrage : Christian Flavigny, Michèle Fontanon-Missenard, Anne Gilson-Maes, Aude Mirkovic, Bénédicte Palaux-Simonnet.
