Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700

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<div>This book address the relationship between utopian and radical thought, particularly in the early modern period, and puts forward alternatives approaches to imagined realities.<i>Alternative Worlds Imagined, 1500-1700</i> explores the nature and meaning of radicalism in a traditional society; the necessity of fiction both in rejecting and constructing the status quo; and the circumstances in which radical and utopian fictions appear to become imperative. In particular, it closely examines non-violence in Gerrard Winstanleys thought; millennialism and utopianism as mutual critiques; form and substance in early modern utopianism/radicalism; Thomas Mores utopian theatre of interests; and James Harrington and the political necessity of narrative fiction. This detailed analysis underpins observations about the longer term historical significance and meaning of both radicalism and utopianism.<br></div>

Autorenportrait

J. C. Davis is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of East Anglia, UK. His previous publications include <i>Utopia and the Ideal Society</i> (1981),<i> Fear, Myth and History</i> (1986), <i>Oliver Cromwell</i> (2001) and numerous essays on the history of utopian and radical thought. He is currently co-editing <i>Textual Moments in the History of Political Thought</i> (2018) with John Morrow.

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